110-year-old man wins over COVID at Gandhi hospital, Hyderabad

Hyderabad, May 13(H.S): A 110-year-old man has recovered from Covid-19 at a hospital here, thus becoming probably one of the oldest patients in the country to recover from the dreaded virus, doctors said.

The said patient stays at an Ashram at Keesra near Hyderabad is still undergoing treatment at

Ramananda Teerthulu was admitted to the government-run Gandhi Hospital here on April 24 with mild Covid symptoms and low saturation levels. He is believed to have lived in the Himalayas for a few decades.

After treatment, he was tested negative for covid and has now recovered from Covid and his saturation levels have also improved to 97 and thus is now transferred to the general ward.

Gandhi Hospital superintendent Raja Rao said the centenarian had a miraculous recovery because he did not have any comorbidities. He shall remain under treatment for a couple of days, he added.

Earlier last year in August 2020, a woman, Siddhamma said to be 110 years old, has recovered from Covid-19 and was discharged in Chitradurga district in Karnataka. She stays in the police quarters and has five children, 17 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. Amid cheers from the hospital doctors and paramedical staff, she was escorted out of the hospital with great pride.