A SWEDISH footballer remains connected oxygen several weeks after contracting coronavirus.
Kamal Mustafa, who plays for third-term club IK Oddevold, picked up the illness in March and decided to self-isolate.
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The 28-year-old only had a sore throat to begin with, but his symptoms got worse and he ended up going to hospital on April 3.
However, Mustafa is still receiving treatment for coronavirus and remains hooked up to an oxygen machine.
Sweden is one of the only countries who are not enforcing social distancing or a lockdown.
There have been almost 12,000 confirmed cases of in the country, with over 1,200 deaths.
Describing his ordeal to the Goteborgs-Posten, Mustafa said: “[When I dialled for help] someone on the phone constantly talked to me until help arrived.
“Suddenly people were stood above me in protective suits. I got a face mask and hood over my face so I wouldn’t infect anyone.
“That’s when the hell started for real. I still can’t remember anything from when I came in, I just remember wanting to tear off my skin because I was so hot.
“Nurses were checking me every hour. I’ve never received so many syringes in my entire life, I was so sick.
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“I looked to the right, where people were on respirators. I looked to the left; the same. That’s when panic set in.
“I usually never get scared of anything, but that feeling when I came in through the door and saw all these people, doctors and nurses – it’s the scariest thing I’ve ever experienced in my entire life.
“I got sleeping pills but they didn’t work. Every time I closed my eyes I feel asleep, but the problem was that every time I feel asleep I stopped breathing.
“I didn’t know if I could breathe with my mouth or nose.
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“And then I got a coughing attack that made me wake up immediately.
“It kept going on all the time. In the end I didn’t dare fall asleep. I lay motionless just to keep myself awake.
“There are no words for how much I wanted to thank [the doctors and nurses].
“They have come in, sat with me when I was scared and talked because they noticed I had hit a brick wall mentally.
“They sat with me in their protective suits and sweated for hours.
“They’ve poured cold water on me when I was sweating. They have given me gentle massage to cure the pain in my back.
“They have done everything for me.”
Kamal Mustafa still needs an oxygen machine weeks after contracting coronavirus
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