In Tangipahoa, a sheriff’s office sergeant is heading home 150 days after being admitted into an area hospital for COVID-19.
The sheriff’s office shared a photo of Sgt. Charles Warren leaving the hospital after fighting the virus.
During his 150 days in the hospital he was placed on a ventilator and coded several times.
The sheriff said Warren was transferred to the Baton Rouge Rehab Hospital and is scheduled for release Wednesday around 11 a.m.
The department said Warren is a retired veteran with four deployments and spent the last 29 years in law enforcement. Sheriff Daniel Edwards called Warren a true hero.
