Rise in death, rehospitalisation in Covid recovered patients: Study

New York, Nov 12 : Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have revealed that they have seen rise in death, rehospitalization, and problems with basic activities, jobs, mental health and finances in Covid-19 recovered patients.
According to the study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, within two months of leaving the hospital, nearly seven per cent of the patients had died, including more than 10 per cent of the patients treated in an ICU.
Fifteen per cent had ended up back in the hospital.
The data come from more than 1,250 patients treated in 38 hospitals across Michigan this spring and summer when the state was one of the earliest to experience a peak in cases.
When researchers interviewed 488 of the surviving patients by phone around 60 days after their hospitalization, they heard a litany of health and life woes.
“These data suggest that the burden of Covid-19 extends far beyond the hospital and far beyond health,” said study author Vineet Chopra from the University of Michigan in the US.