US President Donald Trump said Monday that he will leave the military hospital, where he has been under treatment for Covid-19, later that day as he felt “better than (him) 20 years ago.”
The medical team who treated him said that although the president “may not be completely out of danger yet,” he met all the requirements for discharge; he has not had a fever for the past 72 hours and his blood pressure, heart rate, and blood oxygen levels were normal.
“I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 pm (4 am Tuesday IST),” he wrote in a tweet. “I feel really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it rule your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs and knowledge. I feel better than 20 years ago! “
“The president has continued to improve,” Sean Conley, the president’s physician, told reporters, “has met or exceeded all standard discharge criteria and (will receive) another dose of Remdesivir here today. And then we plan to take him home. “
“He is back,” he added.
The team planned to discharge him later after administering the fourth dose of Remdesivir, the antiviral drug known to reduce the recovery time of Covid-19 patients. They did not say whether he will continue to also receive Dexamethasone, a steroid he was given earlier to prevent oxygen levels from dropping.
When asked how safe it was for the president to return to the White House when the 7-10 day period had not yet passed, Conley said the team was being “cautiously optimistic and on guard, because we are in a little bit of territory. unexplored when it comes to a patient who received the therapies that he has so early in the course ”.
“So, we are looking forward to this weekend. If we can get to Monday with him staying the same or improving, even better, then we will all breathe that last sigh of relief. “
The medical team had said Sunday that they expected to remove the president on Monday because he was doing well. Trump was airlifted to the Walter Reed Medical Hospital Center on Friday after showing severe Covid-19 symptoms, a high fever and a rapid drop in blood oxygen levels.
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