Coronavirus survivors are coming back to hospitals with complaints of joint pains, breathlessness, body aches, fatigue, kidney, heart, and other complications. There have also been cases of sudden death due to acute cardiac arrest.
At least 50% of the survivors have returned to hospitals with complaints and they require effective management for which post-COVID recovery clinics have been started by the Apollo Hospitals Group.
Some doctors say many recovered patients are succumbing to sudden deaths due to blood clotting. His observations say that despite giving them blood thinners and other medications these incidents are noted. Reports suggest that loss of smell is caused due to a problem in the brain, the heart muscles get weak and diabetes is uncontrollable post-Covid as it affects the pancreas. Recovery clinics will assess these problems and accordingly treat these patients.
The focus will be to monitor the patients regularly, provide timely medical attention, and ensure proper follow-up, keeping their post-Covid status in mind. These are expected to help patients who can access these centers easily and avail of the treatment. Even though we are more than Seven months into the Pandemic, there is no clarity about its behavioral pattern.
