Nurses Week
Lenox Hill celebrates milestone in COVID fi ght
BY EMILY
DAVENPORT
Lenox Hill Hospital
released their
1,000th COVID-
19 patient on April 30.
According to offi cials
from the hospital, 61-
year-old Ramdeo Radhay
had been admitted to the
hospital ten days prior
with the infection.
Radhay, an immigrant
from Guyana, worked
in an auto repair shop
and was laid off due to
the circumstances of the
pandemic. Radhay, his
wife and three of his children
(all of whom work
in health care) eall came
down with COVID-19,
with Radhay having the
worst case.
During his time at
Lenox Hospital, Radhay
had been doing poorly.
He required oxygen for
most of the time he was
hospitalized. Doctors
had considered placing
Radhay on a ventilator
when they opted to start
him on plasma instead.
Once the plasma treatment
started, Radhay’s
condition turned around
almost instantly.
“Over the last 48 hours
he has had a remarkable
recovery,” said Dr.
Nazish Ilyas, Division
Chief of the Hospital-
PHOTOS COURTESY OF LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
ists and Associate Chair
for Inpatient Medicine
at Lenox Hill Hospital.
“Today was the fi rst day
that we were able to take
him off of oxygen completely.
From where he
came in two weeks ago
to today, the progress he
has made has really been
remarkable.”
On April 30, Radhay
was healthy enough to
be discharged from Lenox
Hill Hospital.
“One thing I saw in
him was his resilience,”
said Dr. Ilyas. “When
you walk in and talk to
him, all you really hear
is the gratitude and the
hope. He’s really grateful
that he recovered. He’s
very optimistic about
the future and really
grateful for everything
despite what he’s been
through.”
Dr. Ilyas said that
while the plasma trials
don’t have enough
defi nitive results just
yet, many at Lenox Hill
Hospital are thinking of
them as signs of hope for
combatting COVID-19
now and in the future.
“A lot of work is going
into the trials now to really
try and fi nd answers
for the future that can
benefi t our patients.
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