Hu Dingjiang waits for being discharged from hospital in a ward of Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 17, 2020. Hu Dingjiang, 40, a recovered COVID-19 patient, was discharged from Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital on Wednesday after receiving medical treatment and rehabilitation training for more than 100 days. He was diagnosed with the disease in early February, and was hospitalized in the ICU ward as one of the 81 severe COVID-19 cases in the hospital. The functions of his lungs recovered on April 5 with 40 days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. Then he received rehabilitation training in the hospital in the following period of over two months. He gradually regained the ability of speaking, standing and walking. Hu reunited with his wife, who is also a recovered COVID-19 patient, in the hospital on June 10. The couple were very excited when experts confirmed that Hu could return home. After Hu was discharged from the hospital, there were no other recovered COVID-19 patients receiving rehabilitation training in the Wuhan pulmonary hospital. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
