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A 100-year-old who battled coronavirus for six weeks has been discharged from a hospital in Melbourne and returned to the aged care facility where he caught the virus.
“He may be old, but he still matters to us,” wrote Lauren Elizabeth of her grandfather, Roy, who was discharged from St Vincent’s Private Hospital earlier this week.
“That was a very long 42 days but he finally had two negative test results,” she wrote on Facebook. “All lives matter young and old.”
Of the 824 people who have died from coronavirus in Australia more than 500 were aged 80 or above, federal government figures reveal.
The hospital confirmed Roy was released on Tuesday and said he was returning to the aged care home where he caught the virus. The hospital said on Facebook that Roy gave the team an emotional farewell.
