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A trainee doctor's journey through coronavirus to recovery
here"At the time I fell ill, I was unaware of the link between members of the black, Asian, and minority ethnic community and the risk of becoming seriously unwell with Covid-19," he said."This directly affects me, as I am of South Asian descent with both my parents born in Sri Lanka."Dr Ramachandran's initial symptoms included fatigue, nausea and vomiting, with fever, muscle pain and breathlessness developing over the course of a week.Aware he was becoming seriously ill, he called an ambulance on April 12 and was transferred to Wythenshawe Hospital.Dr Ramachandran, a trainee doctor at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, underwent blood tests and scans for suspected Covid-19, and began treatment on intravenous antibiotics and fluids.However, within