Hugo Sosa tries to improve his working memory with speech pathologist Kristen Lucke at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital on May 28. For the fortunate covid-19 patients like Sosa who survive intensive care and long stretches on ventilators, the journey home can be an arduous and lonely one that runs through places like Burke. Two weeks ago, when The Washington Post visited Sosa at Burke, 39 of its 156 beds were occupied by covid-19 patients. Another 146 people, former covid-19 patients and others, were waiting to get in. But more recently, doctors who work extensively with covid-19 patients on ventilators have said 50 percent to 80 percent recover.

Source: Washington Post June 09, 2020 12:45 UTC