The rebound in coronavirus transmissions also worries those who have already been struck by the virus. This is the case of Doctor Antoine Sassine, urologist at Delta hospital. He had spent several weeks in intensive care in the early spring. The doctor believes that people “still haven’t got it.”
Doctor Antoine Sassine resumed his consultations only two weeks ago, after having recovered from the coronavirus. A smooth return to work, listening to a body that is still functioning in slow motion. “We are exhausted and even… it is not fatigue, only we are quickly exhausted and it happens like that, in a fraction of a second without warning you, suddenly. You are doing something and you feel like you can’t take it anymore and there your body stops“, confides the head of the urology department at Chirec.
I only saw the dead
The after-effects are still present three months after having grazed the precipice. On April 17, Antoine Sassine came out of four weeks in intensive care with the feeling of being a miracle.
“Did you feel dead?“, asked our journalist who interviewed him at the time.”Absolutely. At one point I was around my father, people who have been dead for years and years. And then we saw things … I only saw the dead“, then replied the doctor.
It’s not a flu beast… It’s a virus that kills people
At 58, this urologist notes with bitterness the resumption of the epidemic. “People haven’t figured it out yet. It is a serious illness. It is a virus that kills. It is not a flu beast. It’s not a pneumonia beast. It’s a virus that kills people“, responds Dr Sassine.
It’s not a walk, it’s a nightmare… Avoid it
Today he lives with the fear, as a doctor and as a patient, of being confronted with the virus again. “You have to put on the mask. You have to wash your hands. You have to distance yourself. Maybe it’s only a small period of a month or two months, but it’s very important“, explains the doctor.”It’s not a walk, it’s a nightmare… Avoid it“, he concludes.
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