Sask. COVID-19 patient finally returns home after 376 days in hospital – CBC

Ken Roth relieved to be back in his northern community of La Loche

Aug 18, 2022

A Saskatchewan man who spent more than a year in hospital recovering from COVID-19 is finally home.

Ken Roth, 67, contracted the disease in July 2021 while on a family vacation in Alberta.

The unvaccinated grandfather was first hospitalized in Calgary and spent weeks in a coma. He said he nearly died.

He was transferred to Saskatoon, but then airlifted to Ontario when Saskatchewan’s ICU’s became overwhelmed during the fourth wave in the fall. Then he was transferred back to Saskatoon.

In total, Roth spent 376 days in hospital.

“Sometimes I wanted to just actually die. I was so fatigued and tired. Laying in bed, I couldn’t even move,” Roth said Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-covid-19-patient-home-hospital-1.6554366