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A stunning treatment

29 April 2022

A stunning treatment that is “hard to come to terms with” and involves an “unbelievable” machine is saving Covid patients’ lives.

A patient and his doctor have lifted the lid on an extraordinary method for treating serious cases of Covid that involves people being put into a coma for as long as 130 days.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a life support machine often used for people suffering severe and life-threatening illnesses.

Read the full article on the Geelong Advertiser website.

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