A big salute to UAE healthcare system
COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the virus attack are full of praise for the healthcare facilities and the medical personnel in the UAE.
Virendra Saklani, Gulf News
Wilfredo, a Filipino patient, at the ICU ward of Al Zahra Hospital in Sharjah.
Despite how things were, the health crisis had its share of good news too. As the official tracker posted new cases every day, there were considerable recoveries too, with each corona warrior, irrespective of whether it was a mild or critical case, emerging as an emphatic victor against the virus.
Patients who turned the blind corner spoke of how coronavirus was not a “death sentence”. Others said they did not wish their “hellish experience” even on their worst enemies.
Either way, there was no bitterness and no taking away from the huge sense of relief and gratitude on the road to recovery.
“I hardly had any symptoms and it never felt like a death sentence. But now that I have completed my quarantine, I thank God it’s over,” said one young Indian woman who did not want to be named.
Wilfredo, a Filipino expat, who came out of the ventilator after 20 days at Al Zahra Hospital, Sharjah, said, “I prayed hard to God and placed my trust in the medical team. Now, I’m getting better every day and can only remember those weeks on the ventilator like it was yesterday.”
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Baby Jad, who has recovered from COVID-19.
If there was one thing any patient in the UAE would vouch for, it was the fact that they could not have been in better hands. Whether it was Liu Yujia, the 73-year-old visitor from Wuhan, China, who was the first patient to have fully recovered in the UAE or Aubrey Escano, 27, a Filipina from Abu Dhabi who contracted the virus in May, they all echoed the same words.
“I would like to tell COVID-19 patients not to lose hope, not to worry and continue the fight because the UAE will not let them down,” said Escano.