The 45-year-old New Yorker Jeff Gerson was placed in an artificial coma in March after a Covid-19 infection. He survived his illness.
After he recovered, Gerson had one concern: to thank everyone who had helped save their lives.
Within five months he found all 115 doctors and nurses who had been involved in his treatment.
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A man who was put into an artificial coma as a result of a Covid-19 infection in March woke up again – and then made it his business to thank his rescuers, reports the news site “CNN“.
Jeff Gerson, 45, spent five months locating all 116 medical workers at New York’s NYU Langone Tisch Hospital who had been involved in his treatment. They all helped save his life. “I’m incredibly grateful and happy,” Gerson told CNN. “It’s not about that I survived. The point is that there are people who saved me. I really wanted to find her and say thank you. “
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Gerson was put on a ventilator the day after he was hospitalized. He had a high fever, shortness of breath, and a severe cough. With the help of his medical file and hospital documents, he wanted to find all 116 doctors and nurses who saved his life. “Except for the nurses who had direct contact with me, it was difficult to find the other people. Here I am and I survived. I cry with happiness every morning. And I feel great gratitude and guilt towards people I cannot talk to because they are not in my hospital room. “
Many nurses and doctors burned out
So far, more than 15.4 million Americans have contracted Covid-19, and more than 289,000 have died as a result of the infection. Many hospitals are completely overloaded, so were they alone on Wednesday about 106,688 Covid-19 patients in hospitals in the US.
Many nurses and doctors say they feel burned out but still want to work and do the best for their patients. Sandra Till, doctor and intensive care physician at the Banner University Hospital in Phoenix, said in an interview with Business Insiderthat she worked up to 90 hours a week in June.
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In Jeff Gerson’s case, too, the hospital staff did everything they could to save his life. They succeeded even though at the time of his illness – in March – little was known how the virus could best be treated. Luis Angel was one of the doctors who saved Gerson’s life. Angel told CNN that he was touched by Gerson’s gratitude and that it meant a lot to him. “You can see the long way he has come as someone who could have died in the hospital. Now he is healthy again and able to thank himself – that means a lot to us. “
This article was translated from English by Siw Inken Forke. You can find the original here.
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