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| Choi Sang-boon is wheeled out of Pohang Medical Center on Friday, ending her two-month treatment in isolation for the coronavirus. Korea Times photo by Kim Jung-hye |
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| Medical workers celebrate Choi Sang-boon's discharge from the hospital on Friday. Korea Times photo by Kim Jung-hye |
By Park Si-soo
A woman aged 104 has recovered from COVID-19, becoming the oldest South Korean to beat the deadly virus.
The patient, Choi Sang-boon, was released from Pohang Medical Center, Friday, where she had been treated in isolation for over two months.
She tested positive for coronavirus March 10 at a private nursing home in Gyongsan, where there was a cluster infection.
At one point during her treatment, she had to rely on a ventilator to breathe and also struggled with enteritis and pneumonia. But now she has recovered significantly, according to medical workers at the hospital.
They said her release was decided on after several negative coronavirus tests.
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| Medical workers deliver a flower to South Korea's oldest coronavirus patient, Choi Sang-boon, 104, at the Pohang Medical Center, May 8 ― Parents' Day. Courtesy of the hospital |
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| A medical worker looks after Choi Sang-boon. Courtesy of the hospital |
