The first positive patients al Covid 19, registered in Italy, officially declared "cured". Good news that we want to talk to you about, because it comes right in these weeks in which we are discussing Phase 2, but the doubts and fears are still many. They are Chinese citizens from Wuhan, husband and wife, who had reached Italy for a vacation.
After being admitted to the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome first, rehabilitation at San Filippo Neri then, now resigning. A journey that lasted months, but which marks an important and significant step in the fight against the pandemic. But let's try to retrace their history.
The first Chinese healed in Italy
On January 29, the couple was admitted to the Spallanzani hospital. He is a biochemical engineer of 66 and she a humanist of 65, rescue in a hotel in the center of Rome where they were staying. They were in Italy on vacation together with a group of Chinese, immediately placed in quarantine. And it was the panic in the peninsula, after the positive outcome of their swab. The much feared virus had arrived in Italy. The long journey through the Roman garrison lasted weeks. There was a lot of news about their health conditions. Very critical at first: he with bilateral interstitial pneumonia, she with an initial conjunctival hyperemesis. Then slowly the improvement.
Until March 19 when the Chinese couple, now famous in Italy, left Spallanzani. Transferred later with an ambulance to San Filippo Neri for rehabilitation. But their smiling faces, even if hidden by the mask, have been immortalized by photos and videos that have made the rounds of the most important news. "Thanks! Good luck Italy ”, they wrote to the doctors who treated them.
News that has given us hope
Looking at those images, all the Italians in quarantine began to hope. To believe even more in ours Health, often at the center of many controversies, but to be emulated, thanks to the skill of the many doctors and operators. And as underlined by the Lazio Region Health Councilor, Alessio D'Amato, the spouses "are in excellent condition and have also announced a letter of thanks to the health structures that saved them and had them in care". The hospitalization at San Filippo Neri was especially necessary for the woman. In fact, both had already been declared clinically cured, but the woman needed a neuromotor rehabilitation cycle.
A pride for Italian healthcare
With the resignation from San Filippo Neri, our thoughts therefore turn to those who have followed these patients throughout their journey. At the Spallanzani in Rome they spent 49 days, between intensive care treatments, critical moments, hope. “Beyond the scientific value and pride like Spallanzani for having saved their lives - Francesco Vaia, the medical director of Inmi Spallanzani in Rome, told Adnkronos Salute - they have a very important personal value for me. It is good news".
