A doctor who contracted the deadly coronavirus claimed she felt she was "drowning in lung fluid" as she feared for her life – but was allowed to go home just days later after taking part in a new drug trial.
Dr Geraldine McGroarty then went back to work just three weeks after first being admitted, having agreed to take antiviral Ebola drug remdesivir as part of a trial before she recovered.
The 30-year-old, who works as an A&E locum doctor and surgical registrar, was rushed to the Royal Free Hospital in London on April 5 with a 40C fever and skyrocketing heart rate. "I'd also had an uncomfortable tight feeling in my chest," she told Good Health magazine. "I wanted to take deep breaths and couldn't.