Three years ago, Edwin Ng was lying in a hospital bed with tubes running from his neck and chest, connected to machines that were keeping him alive.
At 48, Ng, a father of three, had become one of the sickest COVID-19 patients in Ontario after contracting the coronavirus at the Barrie nursing home where he was a personal support worker. He was not expected to live.
Edwin Ng’s luck, a surgeon’s instincts, and a series of medical triumphs — including a double-lung transplant — led to an unlikely tale of
Edwin Ng travelled to Jamaica with his family in May 2024 to celebrate three years since his double lung transplant.
Experts say what happened at Barrie’s Roberta Place can be viewed as a “test case” for the risks posed by B.1.1.7 — a variant that is spreading in
On June 2, 2021, Edwin Ng was wheeled out of the EW Bickle Centre for Complex Continuing Care by his wife Samantha Ng after months in hospital.
Edwin Ng shows off the scars from his double lung transplant and ECMO treatment.
Edwin Ng shares a laugh with his massage therapist. Ng undergoes twice-a-week physiotherapy sessions. He sometimes gets distracted by trying to help others especially if they are feeling down.