Woman from Konjic loses month-long battle with COVID-19, dies in Mostar hospital

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - According to information from the COVID-19 hospital in Mostar, a patient with multiple comorbidities, born in 1954 from Konjic, who had been hospitalized since March 23, died last night.

Due to the severity of her clinical condition, she required intensive care and mechanical ventilation, and a tracheostomy was performed 14 days later. The patient had been stable in previous days, but around 10 p.m., there was a sudden irreversible respiratory collapse, and despite resuscitation and intensive care measures, she died.

The patient had clinical, epidemiological and radiological characteristics of a COVID patient. 

Currently, 20 patients are being treated in the hospital. Three patients are on ventilators and in extremely serious clinical condition, and three are on supportive oxygen therapy. The other patients are stable with no deterioration. One patient was discharged for home treatment.

In the last 24 hours, 137 samples were tested for COVID-19 at the University Clinical Hospital Mostar. A total of 5 positive cases in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton - all from Mostar.

Cantonal and municipal sanitary inspectors issued 29 decisions on self-isolation and isolation in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,931.

According to the report from the Ministry of Interior of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, there were no violators of self-isolation and isolation orders in the last 24 hours.