In the News - Prime Hospital

Swapna Devassykutty, 31, is an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse, at Prime Hospital. The mother of three from India sweeps aside fatigue, negativity and stress to attend to patients with care, positivity and smiles. “Many of them are intubated on mechanical ventilation and require 24 hour care,” she said. “They call for us, sometimes, they just want some water or food or even see a kind face as it is tough for them,” she added.

Doctors are advising the public to store food at low temperatures and drink plenty of water during hot weather.

Dr Shahid Gauhar, a specialist neonatologist at Dubai’s Prime Hospital, which has half of its rooms set up to treat Covid-19 patients, said it was “too early” to say if the virus could affect the immunity of children in the long run.

Transiting Australian - now recovered - tested positive while on a stopover in the emirate

The impact of the diagnosis will have a bearing on the person and his or her family and friends.

Appreciating the role played by private hospitals in effectively managing COVID 19 cases, Dr Al Mulla said: “With the help and support of private hospitals, we have successfully managed the pandemic.”

DHA Dubai’s preventive COVID-19 medical checkups are in motion in Al Ras area, in collaboration with DubaiPoliceHQ, Municipality, and Dubai Ambulance along with a number of private hospitals including Medeor, Aster and Prime.

People who survived Covid-19 say the suffering has only made them better human beings. Most of the Covid-19 news seems to focus only on the negative effect, illness and death toll, but survivors in the UAE highlight some important life lessons the disease made them realise as they recount their recovery journey.