Georges Laraque discharged from hospital recovering from COVID-19

Former NHL enforcer Georges Laraque has been released from the hospital after recovering from COVID-19 (Coronavirus.)

Laraque, who suffers from asthma announced his hospitalization from the virus last Thursday. Following treatment, the 12 year NHL veteran was discharged on Monday. He says he believes he contracted the virus while picking up groceries for seniors in the Montreal area.

Following his discharge, Laraque spoke with TSN's John Lu;

"Elderly people don't want to go out of the house to get groceries, so I volunteered for them and I did that for them because it was advised for them to stay at home.So I just took their list of groceries and went to a couple different grocery stores to pick up stuff for them. And when I did that, you know how contagious this thing is, you could be picking up a product, touch your face after and that's it."

"So it just shows you that you could pretty much get it anywhere and you just have to be really careful."

"I was really struggling, but just the fact that since (Sunday) I didn't need extra oxygen to breathe, it was really encouraging because you know, gasping for air is one of the worst feelings when you can't breathe.”

Though Laraque was able to recover and be released from the hospital, the former NHLer referred to his experience as “the worst thing ever.”

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