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EMT released after 46 days on ventilator with COVID-19

Lynn EMT Todd Beaudet was released from Tufts Medical Center and escorted by fellow first responders to a rehabilitation facility

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By Rachel Engel

BOSTON — An EMT who was hospitalized and placed on a ventilator for 46 days with COVID-19 was released from the hospital on Tuesday.

EMT Todd Beaudet was released from Tufts Medical Center and escorted by fellow first responders to a rehabilitation facility, CBS 4 WBZ reported. Area EMS professionals lined up around the parking lot to wish Beaudet well.

His father, Bob, encouraged first responders to stay safe during the pandemic.

“My message of hope for them is that they stay safe,” he told WBZ. “Hug one another every day. You never know when something like this could happen to you. It happened to us very quickly; it took the life out of us. Thankfully, we are one of the lucky ones.”

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