Coronavirus, Matteo Malaventura hospitalized and attached to oxygen: "I hope to heal"
PESARO – Matteo Malaventura , 41, former basketball player of the Vuelle of Pesaro and Fortitudo Bologna, has posted his photo on a social bed in a hospital bed with an oxygen mask through a friend. The sportsman is hospitalized at San Salvatore in Pesaro, one of the Italian cities most affected by the coronavirus emergency.
"Hi everyone, I'm in the hospital with pneumonia and attached to oxygen – he wrote -. I write this message to sensitize all people about the seriousness of the coronavirus situation. I am a young person and I hope to recover but yesterday (Saturday 14 March, ed) I was in the emergency room and I saw surreal things ".
“It seems to be at war – he added by telling what happens in hospitals in these weeks – in just 4 hours I saw more than 50 people arrive, all elderly, all with the same respiratory crisis, an impressive thing. I would like to congratulate you, infinite thanks to all the doctors and nurses who are working, you deserve a monument. To all the people out, respect the rules, it's not a game, I hope to see you all soon ".
From what has been learned, the ex player must still be subjected to a buffer, the symptoms suggest a coronavirus positivity. (source ANSA)
Source: Blitz Quotidiano