A British man spent so long in a medically-induced coma battling coronavirus that his family had to explain the pandemic to him when he woke up, according to a report.
Brian Harvey, 69, completely forgot about the coronavirus outbreak in the country, which had spread to only about 5,000 Brits when he was admitted in March to a hospital in Bristol, Metro UK reported.
Unaware he had the virus himself at the time, Harvey was placed on a ventilator in the intensive care unit, the outlet reported.
The grandfather spent four weeks in a coma and then another week unresponsive before he finally regained consciousness, the report said.
“He didn’t even know about coronavirus when he woke up. We had to explain to him that there was a virus out there, explain that everything was shut,” his daughter Faye Stapleton told the outlet
The UK has now reported more than 247,000 cases with at least 34,000 deaths, according to the latest data from John Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, Harvey, whose family didn’t think he was going to survive, is now back to full strength after beating the virus, the report said.
“The hospital staff has been absolutely amazing – they saved my dad’s life,” Stapleton said. “We can’t thank them enough.”