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André Saravia

Oct 1 • 19 tweets • 24 min read

🧵 #LivingLongCovid

Some maybe already know me probably% and maybe my story.

I am a #HealthCareWorker and since before and at the beginning of #COVID19 I have worked in the #ICU saving lives and learning about #IntensiveCare

I've had #COVID19 3 times so far this pandemic.

I developed #LongCovid from my 2nd contagion that was serious at the time, I required hospitalization in #ICU and oxygen therapy.
Since Dec 2020 I have lived with #LongCovid since then and when I understood the Multi-organic gravity of #LongCovid

I SURVIVED!
And I still do it daily.

A few days ago I had a 2nd #InfarctionSilent a year ago I had a multiorgan failure accompanied by #infarctionSilente

We know that #COVID19 can cause #myocarditis and that is possibly the case, I don't know yet.

I tell you now.

@longcovidchile

Since living with #LongCovid I have dedicated much of my time to research and help people living with #LongCovid not only in #Latam but globally.

I founded @longcovidchile @longcovidlatam where I help whoever needs to understand and learn about #LongCovid

@ministeriosalud

Every day is something new, a new voice asking for help.

This time it is my voice that asks for help.

Due to all these complications I was told #Cardiac Resonance which the @ministeriosalud system does not cover or serve #Fonasa and much less in #publichealth

Today I have multiple post #COVID19 diagnoses
- #Longcovid
- #Dysautonomia
- #Bradycardia
- #Fibromyalgia
- #Chronic Fatigue
- #Chronic Dyspnea
- among other more specific symptoms such as heart irregularities.

@GobiernodeChile

The @GobiernodeChile @ministeriosalud DOES NOT RECOGNIZE #LongCovid as a #Professional Disease
I personally got infected working in #ICU

I have written to parliamentarians @Senado_Chile @colmedchile , to @CCuadradoN and no one gives an answer, much less support.

That's why I go to the #RRSS they always have a greater impact.
The Cardiac MRI has a value of $500 thousand Chilean pesos, about 500USD.
This exam isnot covered by any health Insurance #Fonasa or #Isapre is 100% #Private
And it's not the only one I have to do #Holterarrhythmia

#HolterPresion & blood exs to evaluate cardiac enzymes among other parameters. It's complex to ask for help, especially if it's about #Health
#Chile doesn’t attend to its #HeroesSanitarios
On the contrary, it discards them as my former employer did #HospHigueras who abandoned me

Here I tell part of my story

instagram.com/tv/CSIBn-QlFwz…

@LongCOVIDPhysio

Within all this time, I have participated in different forums and conferences #LongCovid
Early Sept at @LongCOVIDPhysio's #LCPForum
also at the #LongCovidImpact @TheWHN symposium

Whom I thank for the opportunity to learn and teach about #LongCovid

@ministeriosalud

I tell you all this because I need your support to survive again #LongCovid
As I already said, the @ministeriosalud of #Chile does not recognize or accept #LongCovid, much less cover its requirements.

Because of this lack of support I turn to this global community.
Today I need to collect $1,500,000 Chilean(about 1500USD)
All this to cover the medical expenses that I will have to pay now.

You can live without a kidney, but with a damaged heart it becomes even more difficult.

@sfcem_mexico

There are those who support me in making this call like @sfcem_mexico to name a few, and I hope I can get the support I need.

It's like a #GoFoundMe through my #PayPal account

paypal.me/pandresaravia

@GobiernodeChile

If @GobiernodeChile took charge of #LongCovid, they would not resort to these means.
Many know how expensive #health is in #Chile and #LongCovid is very expensive to cope with.

Economically, it puts you in trouble and generates layoffs because “we don't serve” the system.