A pensioner battled through a double spinal fracture, three chest infections and a stroke before defeating a nasty coronavirus infection.
Roy Hardy’s family were deeply concerned he wasn’t going to make it out of St George’s Hospital in Tooting after he fell at home and fractured his spine in two places.
The 73-year-old had been badly impacted by a stroke a year earlier, leaving him weak and in need of regular care at a home.
Roy, who also suffers from epilepsy, contracted a chest infection in the south London hospital, which he recovered from only to then catch a second followed by a third.
Miraculously the retired fish monger recovered from all three, despite his breathing already being severely hampered by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The series of medical ailments meant the chances of him surviving once he contracted Covid-19 while on his hospital bed were low.
Yet hardy Roy, who lives in Raynes Park, London, beat away the coronavirus, which has a higher fatality rate amongst the elderly and unwell.
