An NHS nurse who spent 75 days as a coronavirus patient at the hospital where he works was applauded by colleagues as he walked out.
Felix Khor, 68, spent 45 days in the intensive care ward at Southend University Hospital, where he has worked for 15 years, and was on a ventilator.
He then spent several weeks on a different ward. He was admitted in early April and was discharged on Monday. Mr Khor was told that patients on a ventilator for two weeks lose 40% of their muscle mass, but he was determined to walk again.
And he did so on Monday, to claps from staff on his ward, as he recovered and left the hospital. Mr Khor, who lives in Shoebury, Essex, joined Southend Hospital in 2005 as part of the resuscitation training team.