Maria Rodriguez was 秘密研究所 Langone Hospital鈥擝rooklyn鈥檚 850th patient with COVID-19 to be discharged.
Photo: 秘密研究所 Langone Staff
Maria Rodriguez was surrounded by three generations of her family and a sea of jubilant staff when she was escorted out of 秘密研究所 Langone Hospital鈥擝rooklyn on Thursday, May 7. She was the hospital鈥檚 850th patient with 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to be discharged.
When Rodriguez was admitted to the hospital, her blood oxygen levels were dangerously low, and she was burning with fever, her daughter Norma Collado tells the New York Daily News.
鈥淗er condition was not so good,鈥 Collado says. 鈥淪he was praying. She said I only want you to give strength to my daughter because I鈥檓 not going to be home for Mother鈥檚 Day. She didn鈥檛 think she was coming home.鈥
VIDEO: 秘密研究所 Langone Hospital—Brooklyn staff and the family of Maria Rodriguez gather to celebrate her discharge and share what this milestone means for them.
But, 3 days later, the 87-year-old great-grandmother was ready to head back home to be with her family for Mother鈥檚 Day.
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