The Guardian: Boris Johnson: it was 50-50 whether to put me on ventilator
Prime minister tells of his stay in intensive care after he contracted coronavirus.
Boris Johnson has spoken of his dramatic stay in intensive care as doctors faced a “50-50” decision on whether to put him on a ventilator and plans were drawn up on how to announce his death.
In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, the prime minister said he needed “litres and litres” of oxygen but he got through his ordeal with “terrible buoyancy” that left him convinced he could make it.
He also admitted he had worked throughout the early stage of his illness and not taken the disease seriously enough, having to be “forced” to go to hospital on the advice of doctors. Johnson came out of a three-night stay in intensive care at St Thomas’ hospital in Westminster on 9 April.
In a separate interview with Monday’s Sun, Johnson also revealed how he clapped for carers from his hospital ward.
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Update: Coronavirus: Johnson reveals 'contingency plans' made during treatment (BBC).
WNU Editor: This could have ended badly for him. And it looks like he knows it.