NEW ORLEANS - A hospital in Louisiana celebrated a patient’s recovery from COVID-19 in a very New Orleans-style way: a jazz band performance sendoff.
The patient, 72-year-old Miriam Bertrand, was the Ochsner Medical Center’s 10,000th successful recovery from the virus at its facilities.
It was also the hospital’s one-year anniversary of admitting coronavirus patients. Bertrand, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana, was treated to a jubilant sendoff from the band and staff on Monday as she was discharged from the medical center in suburban New Orleans.
Bertrand had been admitted to the hospital on March 4 after experiencing shortness of breath, fever and fatigue, according to Ochsner Health, which operates the medical center in Uptown New.