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He now realises how lucky he has been."ĭr Redmond Tully, consultant at Royal Oldham Hospital, said: "I am over the moon to see Gary leave hospital today, he is a true fighter, his recovery is remarkable, and testimony to the great care he received at The Royal Oldham and Rochdale Infirmary. "At first he didn't realise how poorly he had been. But considering what he's been through he's doing really well. He learned to do everything again pretty much," said Chanelle. Garry spent the last few weeks of his recovery in the Floyd Unit of Rochdale Infirmary, which specialises in brain injuries. They deserve a medal, all of them," said Chanelle. "I think they saved his life a good few times in hospital. They deserve a medal, all of them Chantelle Dissington, Gary's daughter I think they saved his life a good few times in hospital. His blood pressure dropped and he suffered a number of seizures. He suffered problems with his kidneys and was placed on dialysis machine. He was taken off the ventilator but relapsed and was put back on it again, and placed back into an induced coma. Nurses would hand Garry an iPad so he could still communicate with close family members, who weren't allowed to visit as part of efforts to prevent the spread of infection.įive days after he was first admitted to Royal Oldham, Garry's condition deteriorated and he went into the intensive care unit where he was put in a ventilator and placed in an induced coma for the next three months. Garry Dissington called him on Facetime Credit: MEN Media He said that's what made him pull through."
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He can't remember much but that's the one thing he remembers, my brother saying 'come on dad, get through this, let's crack on'. He didn't know it but while he was in hospital his daughter delivered his sixth grandchild.ĭaughter Chanelle, 27, asked if anything was crucial in her father's amazing recovering, said: "It was speaking to him on the phone on Facetime.
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His dad, an otherwise healthy taxi driver from Shaw, was struck down by coronavirus during the first wave of the disease and was admitted to Royal Oldham Hospital on March 29 where he suffered a string of setbacks and was placed in an induced coma.īut he appeared to heed his son's words of encouragement and he was finally discharged on November 13 with the applause of the staff at Rochdale Infirmary ringing in his hears after almost eight months in hospital. Gary junior, a truck driver, would tell him: "Come on dad! Get through this! Crack on!" The 57-year-old grandfather remembers very little because he spent most of it in a coma.īut he does recall the Facetime pep talks delivered by his son.Ĭome on dad! Get through this! Crack on! Gary junior An heroic band of doctors and nurses saved Garry Dissington's life several times during his eight months in hospital recovering from Covid-19.
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