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Myrine Kakfwi smiles from his hospital bed on Monday, just days after he came out of a coma. He now requires less oxygen output from his ventilator and communicates with his parents with a marker and whiteboard, said his mother Dolly Pierrot, who is from Fort Good Hope. Kafkwi was diagnosed with Covid-19 in December and became critically ill weeks later. photo courtesy of Dolly Pierrot

Awake and alert, Fort Good Hope man with Covid out of induced coma

by Blair McBride January 25, 2021January 29, 2021

A man originally from Fort Good Hope who became critically ill with Covid-19 has come out of a coma and has experienced significant improvements since Saturday. “He’s awake. He’s alert. He’s aware that his father and I are in the room with him,” his mom Dolly “Dee” Pierrot said Monday. Her son Myrine Kakfwi was […]