Delhi woman recovers from Covid after 35 days on ventilator support
KARNAL: ‘Dilli wali Meenu’ became a common name in the Covid ward of a Kurukshetra private hospital as every doctor and staff in the ward got familiar with her after she spent 35 days on ventilator support, fighting Covid-19.
Meenu Chauhan, 40, of Kurukshetra who is married in Delhi, had tested positive for Covid on April 3. During her fight with the virus, her oxygen level had once dropped to 70. Meenu is principal of a private school in Delhi.
Her husband Rohit Chauhan, on April 1, she had come to Kurukshetra to take her daughter back from her parents’ home. She developed Covid symptoms and was then tested positive.
She was taken to a private hospital in Kurukshetra but her condition started to deteriorate and she was put on oxygen support. Few days later, she could not recover and
the infection spread to both her lungs.
When she was unable to breath normally, doctors shifted her to the intensive care unit and put her on ventilator on April 8.
“It was a critical time. I was tense when doctors shifted me to the ICU. I felt like I may not recover or get to see my family again,” says Meenu, recalling her long battle with Covid in the ICU.
“But the doctors and staff gave me the strength to fight the virus and I started recovering,” she added. Dr Anurag Kaushal, who treated her, said “Luck is playing a crucial role behind recovery of many patients who survived despite being in critical condition.”
He said Meenu is inspiring other patients to fight the coronavirus.
She has now been discharged from the hospital but will still stay in Kurukshetra for some time as she is still too weak to travel.
New oxygen tank in Karnal hospital
The district administration has set up a new oxygen tank with a capacity of 10 metric tonne (MT) at Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital, Karnal.
Karnal DC Nishant Kumar Yadav said the new tank will help ensure round-the-clock supply of medical oxygen in district. He said the tank has been set up with within 12 days and now the capacity of storage of oxygen at KCGMCH has increased to 20 MT.