An Elderly Patient Successfully Treated and Recovered From COVID-19 at Home Isolation: A Case-Report From Sudan

Sara Rahama¹, Mustafa Hussein^2*, Salma Mohamed³ & Rayan Mohamed⁴

¹Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan
²Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST), Khartoum, Sudan
³Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Omdurman, Sudan
⁴Faculty of Medicine, University of Science and Technology, Omdurman, Sudan

Dr. Mustafa Hussein, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST), Khartoum, Sudan.

Keywords: COVID-19; Home-Isolation; Elderly; Sudan

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has tested the readiness and preparedness of healthcare systems to respond to a global pandemic of such magnitude. Low and middle-income countries seem to be struggling more in meeting the high healthcare needs.
In this case-report from Sudan, we present an elderly lady who had been successfully treated and recovered from COVID-19 at home-level. She was managed at home due to the unavailability of hospital beds. However, various factors contributed to the favourable outcome.

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