He's heading home after battling the virus.
Tullamore Regional Hospital has discharged its first patient who was treated on a ventilator for covid-19.
He had been treated for the virus in Intensive Care, but is now heading home.
Staff gathered earlier to celebrate the good news and wave him off.
A spokesperson for the HSE says "we wish this patient the very best in their continuing journey to recovery."
Absolutely brilliant to see a full recovery from our hospital, great job to all the healthcare workers in The Midlands regional Hospital Tullamore ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช Our first ventilated patient has been discharged from Tullamore Hospital today, he was in medical one to icu then discharged out of surgical.๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช
Posted by Alan Murphy on Friday, May 8, 2020
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