Gary Brooks was in a coma from five weeks, missing Christmas, New Year and his 60th birthday
A man who spent five weeks in a coma while being treated for Covid-19 has warned people against complacency. Gary Brooks spent a total of 10 weeks in hospital, missing Christmas, New Year and his 60th birthday while on a ventilator.Mr Brooks, from Aylesbury, said if people spent 10 minutes in intensive care they "would isolate properly".image caption"They took me into a private room and a doctor came in," he said."I remember saying 'how long do I have to have this on?' expecting him to say maybe two or three hours, and he said two to three weeks.
Mr Brooks was taken to theatre, which he described as like "the film ET" with "plastic sheets and plastic curtains everywhere, and people in full uniform with huge masks".
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