After going through this story, you will believe in the saying that there’s always hope. Today, we will share a story about an Italian man who is 101-years-old who has survived Spanish Flu during 1918 and World War II and now he has beaten this deadly Coronavirus too. The best thing is that he has become the oldest man to survive this novel virus which is making us happy, as reported by the Italian media.
His name is “Mr. P”, who was admitted to the Rimini hospital-Ospedale Infermi di Rimini seven days ago after testing positive for COVID-19. You’ll be shocked to know that he is not any stranger to these kinds of pandemics; he was born in 1919 while the 1918 flu pandemic was raging his town. The Spanish flu at that time has taken the lives of nearly more than 600,000 Italians except him.
A 101-year old man in Italy known as “Mr. P” has fully recovered from Coronavirus.
That means he also survived the 1919 Spanish Flu that killed 20 to 50 Million people.
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After he got hospitalized, the medical staff got hopeless since COVID-19 hits many peoples who are above 65 years of age. However, according to Gloria Lisi, Vice-Mayor of Rimini, once the patient started recovering quickly, he became “the story everyone talked about” in the hospital. She said, “Everyone saw hope for the future of all of us in the recovery of a person more than 100 years old.”
Almost every day we get to see so many sad stories from every nook and corner of the country. Now, this is something that stands out and tells everyone not to lose hope at this critical hour. Though this pandemic affects mostly the elderly ones, this man has survived that too.
Every day we see the sad stories from these weeks that mechanically tell about a virus that rages and is especially aggressive on the elderly. But he survived. Mr. P. survived.”
After he got recovered, Mr. P was discharged from the hospital. As Lisi beautifully put, “Mr. P made it. His family brought him home yesterday evening, to teach us that even at 101 years, the future is yet to be written.”
I understand it would be very hard for you to digest such a thing at this moment as everything negative is floating around you. However, Mr. P’s story is undoubtedly something to behold. His case might be a rarity among many, but nonetheless, reminds us to never give in to despair, since humanity has the power to surprise you, even in the bleak and scary reality of a pandemic.
Till then #STAYHOME and #STAYSAFE at this critical hour till everything gets back to normal.
News Source: CNN
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