By: Real America News Updated 19 Jan 2022, 22: 42 pm EST
For Claudia Serrán, the pandemic marked her life, not only because she contracted COVID, but because A bad procedure in his PCR test brought unforeseen consequences, causing him to lose the cartilage of his nose.
Although PCR is a type of diagnostic test that has been used for years in different public health crises related to infectious diseases, it does not mean that all laboratory workers know how to apply them, as you learned Serrán.
It all started because the woman was dedicated to being a therapeutic companion and her work required her to carry out these tests on a regular basis, however, in August 2021 after testing to rule out COVID, everything changed.
According to his testimony, when he went to the test, his nose showed signs of something abnormal As the days and weeks passed, the discomfort increased, with bleeding and gelatinous consistency, so he went to the hospital.
After several tests, a strong infection was found, but due to his intolerance to some antibiotics, he had to undergo painful treatments for the following weeks, until last January 2, the cartilage that divides her nose broke when she rang and she was admitted to the hospital.
Unfortunately, her health worsened because patients with COVID were admitted to the hospital and she was infected
“They kept me isolated for only 10 days, because they urgently had to do the reconstruction of the cartilage, I have already been discharged from COVID, and I have been taking medication for about a week”, he confessed to the newspaper El Caletense.
After attending a consultation with another doctor, Serran was informed that the infection is still active, so you need an intervention, which is estimated to cost $1,2015 dollars.
Hence, via social networks, the woman launched a collection to achieve her surgery, “I have always worked for anything and I can pay a part of the operation. The doctor told me that if I continue like this the infection could rise to the brain and die, “he said.
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