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In their first update in more than a week, yesterday the Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire de Lille announced the death of one of their two MERS-CoV patients (see Media: France’s 1st MERS-CoV Patient Dies), and provided a brief update on the condition of the surviving patient.
The second patient, who became infected while sharing a room with their index case (before his infection was diagnosed), remains in very serious condition and on ECMO.
The index patient returned from a visit to Dubai (spanning Apr. 9th-17th) and was hospitalized on April 23rd in Valenciennes in the north of France. He was subsequently transferred to Douai on the 28th, and then a week later, on to the hospital in Lille.
The following is a machine translation.
The University Hospital of Lille mourns First patient coronavirus
The University Hospital of Lille mourns death this afternoon of the first patient coronavirus hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the University Hospital Centre of Lille since May 9, 2013, the following a multi-organ failure.
The patient was placed in a chamber designed to allow its isolation since his admission to the University Hospital of Lille, and had benefited from taking supported by a dedicated team.
Teams Centre resuscitation SAMU 59, and cardiac surgery (unit Circulatory Support) of the University Hospital of Lille, have implemented all the material means and human resources to support the patient in the best conditions.
He had especially placed under extracorporeal support (ECMO: Oxygenation by extracorporeal member), to take over his lung function. Branch and all the teams present their sincere University Hospital condolences to the family.
The second patient coronavirus is meanwhile still hospitalized in Resuscitation of the University Hospital Centre, under cardiopulmonary bypass (ECMO). His condition remains stable but still very serious
