Belgian doctor Antoine Sassine, a urologist at Chirec Delta Hospital, who survived the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after 6 weeks in the intensive care unit and 3.5 weeks in a coma, reacts with members of the medical staff who took care of him, (L-R) doctor Anne-Catherine Dandrifosse, doctor Matthieu Clanet and head of the intensive care Sophie Cran, at Chirec Delta Hospital in Brussels, Belgium, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian urologist has spoken of his "incredible" experience, having survived COVID-19 and been discharged from intensive care after three weeks in a coma.
"I was seeing my end," Antoine Sassine said from his room at Brussels' Delta Chirec hospital, where he used to work. "I thought I was going to die and would never wake up."
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