Monica Almeida fell critically sick with the virus and spent 28 days in a coma preventing for her life. 

Nevertheless, the nurse was administered Viagra having agreed to participate within the experimental remedy. Medical doctors stated they'd swap off Almeida’s ventilator in three days if her situation deteriorated however extremely, her well being improved and she or he is now recovering at dwelling. 

Talking to Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna and Richard, Almeida highlighted that Viagra was initially developed for coronary heart sufferers as a result of it expands the blood vessels. 

Sharing her ordeal, Almeida defined: ‘Once I was intubated. I signed up for a examine to permit my medical workforce to offer me no matter it takes to get me higher.

‘It was really made for cardiac points. What we use it for this present day – erectile dysfunction – that’s a secondary impact.’ 

Almeida continued: ‘In my case. I used to be advised I had 72 hours to show a nook or my ventilator could be turned off. Inside 48 hours my oxygen necessities had lowered to lower than 50%. 

Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain
Susanna and Richard had been shocked by the nurse’s ordeal (Image: Rex Options)

‘My kidneys. My coronary heart. All my different organs coped fairly nicely. So once we say Viagra saved me. We now have to have within the context what the remedy was really made for.’ 

She continued: ‘I used to be put in a coma as a result of I used to be on 90% oxygen and I wasn’t getting sufficient oxygen absorbed into my bloodstream. 

‘The choice was made to intubate me. It’s very horrifying in intensive care when you already know you’re going to be out for 3 weeks. 

‘Once they say that, you already know it’s severe.’ 

Monica Almeida on Good Morning Britain
Medical doctors stated they had been three days away from turning off Monica Almeida’s ventilator when the Viagra introduced her again (Image: ITV)

Richard then lightened the temper by revealing he had deliberate to joke that it was an ‘uplifting story’ however determined to not use the pun. 

As they laughed, Susanna famous: ‘There’s a type of schoolboy humour about it, isn’t it Monica, have you ever had a joke with the medical employees about using Viagra?’ 

Almeida revealed: ‘Completely, after they advised me I believed they had been having a giggle with me. I stated they need to imply one thing very highly effective, they stated, “no, Monica – very excessive doses of Viagra. That’s what saved you”.’ 

Dr Hilary Jones defined the constructive results of utilizing Viagra on Covid sufferers, saying: ‘The difficulty with Covid is it creates profusion points in order that the diseased lung has an excessive amount of blood in it and never sufficient oxygen. And the alternative is true in a wholesome lung.

‘By taking sildenafil [Viagra], you open the blood vessels to get higher profusion into the lungs.’