Gu Yunchuan (center), the first severe COVID-19 patient to successfully receive a kidney transplant, takes photos with the medical workers at the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, Hubei province. （Photo/Wuhan University）
After more than five months in the hospital, Gu Yunchuan was discharged on May 22. He was the first severe COVID-19 patient to successfully receive a kidney transplant.
Gu, from Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, suffered from chronic nephritis for more than 10 years. His condition worsened into uremia in 2016 and he had been undergoing dialysis three times a week.
He came to Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Dec 25 for a kidney transplant.
His mother, wife and son accompanied him to Wuhan and they rented a house near the hospital. They were waiting for a kidney donor while Gu was still getting dialysis treatment.
On Jan 25, the 39-year-old began to have a fever and was diagnosed of contracting COVID-19 four days later with severe infections in his lungs.
With a high fever and difficulty breathing, he was admitted to the hospital's department of infectious disease. He suffered multiple organ failures and became a severe COVID-19 patient.
