A shocking incident took place in Turkey where a man suffered an unimaginable situation. Where most of us fear being infected by coronavirus even once, this Turkish man has the terrible hard luck of being infected by COVID-19 for 14 months straight. This 56-year-old man has been reportedly tested for the deadly disease 78 times since 2020. As per the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency, now holds the record for the longest period of infection for any COVID-19 patient.
The man has been quarantined to his home and hospitals for 14 months and is now seeking a way out for his situation. He spent nine months in the hospital and another five months at home in self-isolation. The only way he can see his his children is through his window and on FaceTime. “I have no problem here other than being unable to touch my loved ones. It is very hard,” he said.
Notably, Kayasan, a leukemia patient, was first diagnosed with coronavirus in November 2020 and was hospitalized. Since he was already suffering from leukaemia, Kayasan thought he won’t survive COVID-19. But he was discharged from the hospital after a short period of diagnosed following which he returned to his home awaiting a full recovery in quarantine. All 78 tests he was subject to showed Kayasan was still coronavirus positive after the self-isolation phased ended. 14 months later, he is still alive and fighting the deadly disease.
Doctors said Kayasan’s situation is possibly due to a weakened immune system from the cancer. Kayasan said he was surviving on drugs he was prescribed to keep his immune system strengthened. COVID-19 patients with immunosuppression are at risk of prolonged infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome, according to a study published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine.
