Dad who is UK's longest coronavirus sufferer for 95 days is reunited with family

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The 52-year-old spent 23 days in a coma and 41 days in intensive care during his long fight against Covid-19

‘I can’t believe I’m still alive, that’s the hardest part to understand,’ an emotional Keith said.

Keith Watson was in hospital battling coronavirus for 95 days, spending 23 days in a coma and 41 days on a ventilator But his bloody oxygen level was very low, so he was rushed to hospital and immediately taken onto a specialist ward. ‘I still can’t believe that I went into hospital on a Friday night, woke up six weeks later and the whole country has changed,’ Keith said.Keith was clapped and cheered out of hospital as he could finally be reunited with his family

The brave brickie had lung failure, and the family were told he was likely to die imminently. But he managed to pull through before the virus attacked his kidneys.

 

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