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‘I saw lives lost’: B.C. survivor says coronavirus risk is ‘real’

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A B.C. survivor of COVID-19 is warning people not to let down their guard with restrictions being eased. Ateesh Ram, 58, spent two months at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster after contracting the virus.

He is now home but believes he contracted it while grocery shopping with his family. Doctors were perplexed at how long the virus stayed in Ram’s system, he said. “Even the doctors don’t know how long this is going to last,” Ram told Global News while on oxygen at home. “Right now, my lung capacity is at 25 per cent.” Ram’s wife and children also had mild fevers.

While in hospital, he ended up in the intensive care unit twice and was told he was close to being put on a ventilator at one point.

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