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The Portuguese nurse Boris Johnson praised for helping him beat the coronavirus was photographed for the first time.
The prime minister pointed to a nurse he named Luis de Portugal earlier today after being released from the hospital.
Later it became known that the Portuguese President had also contacted Luis to offer his thanks. He named him in its entirety as Luis Pitarma.
The 29-year-old is said to have left his Aveiro home region to study nursing in Lisbon and moved to London a year after his qualification in 2013.
A statement issued by the Portuguese President’s office said: “Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa would like to highlight the special recognition that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given to Portuguese nurse Luis Pitarma for his work and care during his time in care intensive.
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“The President of the Republic has already personally conveyed his thanks to Nurse Luis Pitarma and, on his behalf, also appreciates the commitment of all Portuguese health professionals who in Portugal and around the world provide decisive help in the fight against the pandemic.
“A word of encouragement that is also addressed to professionals of other nationalities who, reinforcing the National Health Service, provide an invaluable service to Portugal.”
Boris Johnson also thanked a New Zealand nurse named Jenny early Sunday.
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She said she and Luis had been at her bedside “for 48 hours, when things could have gone any way” while she was at St Thomas Hospital in South London.
He added: “In the end, my body started getting enough oxygen because every second of the night they were watching and thinking and caring and doing the interventions that I needed.”
Johnson was released from the hospital today, but will not return to work immediately on doctor’s orders.
He said he wanted to express his “debt” to all the healthcare workers who cared for him while he was at St Thomas Hospital in South London.
In a video statement posted on social media, Johnson said: “Today I have left the hospital after a week in which the NHS has saved my life, without question.
“It is difficult to find words to express my debt, but before I get to that I want to thank everyone across the UK for the effort and sacrifice they have made and are making.
“I thank you because so many millions and millions of people across the country have been doing the right thing.”
Despite warnings that the UK may have the highest death rate in Europe, Johnson said the government was “making progress” against the virus: “a fight we never chose against an enemy we do not yet fully understand.”
He added: “In the last seven days, of course, I have seen the pressure that the NHS is under.
“I have seen the personal courage, not just of the doctors and nurses, but of all, the cleaners, the cooks, the health workers of all descriptions – physicists, radiographers, pharmacists – who have come to work, they have endangered. way, he kept risking this deadly virus.
“It is thanks to that courage, that devotion, that duty and that love that our NHS has been unbeatable.
“I want to pay my thanks to the doctors, leaders in their fields, absolutely brilliant men and women, but several of them for some reason called Nick, who made some crucial decisions a few days ago for which I will be grateful for the rest of my life.
“I want to thank the many nurses, men and women, whose care has been so amazing.
“I’m going to forget some names, so forgive me, but I want to thank Po Ling and Shannon and Emily and Angel and Connie and Becky and Rachael and Nicky and Ann.”
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