Abu Dhabi: The history of the COVID-19 epidemic on frontline staff has even overtaken their non-public war with the disease, but that has deterred their minds from serving the community.
Colonel Thuraya Ali Al Hashimi, medical director of Abu Dhabi police, says his biggest challenge was not when he contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty, or even when he worked for two months without a single day off at first. epidemic.
“My control suggested it take me a few days, but I couldn’t, it was my duty. But one day, a few weeks after returning from [the fight opposing COVID-19 and the next quarantine, I collapsed the office stairs,” Al Hashmi said.
But she remained fearless. She gave up and returned to work, leading the fight against COVID-19 in all police facilities in Abu Dhabi, even though she had hurt her hand in the fall. A medical scale within a few weeks showed that Al Hashmi had his wound treated.
“The pain was getting worse throughout the day. After 3 weeks, I went to see a doctor who sent me for an X-ray and showed me I had a broken bone. He said he had to use a splint, so I did, I repainted immediately,” said the police officer and qualified clinical scientist.
“I was proud to take on my everyday jobs like everyone else on my team, and I was looking to stay on the front line. Everyone was doing their part, day and night, and I was proud to paint with the medical staff I met this challenge. They have made regular efforts [the epidemic],” he added.
The civil service member has been talking about her vacation with COVID-19 since February 2020. After an initial warning from his senior management, senior executives were summoned to an assembly at the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Health Operations Center, which regulates the physical care of the emirate. . At the assembly, Dr. Mattar Al Nouaimi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center at DOH and Director of the Emergency and Disaster Management Division, explained that the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China meant that the world would soon face an unprecedented challenge. As Gulf News reported last month (September), Dr. Al Nouaimi himself fought valiantly in opposition to COVID-19 and continued to paint his era of COVID-19 medical isolation.
“This assembly was held on a Thursday at noon and we had to make a plan that would begin on Sunday. We had two days to handle that. When I got home that night, I felt under pressure and had to expand a comprehensive plan and strategy that covers the training, resources and apparatus of team members who would help us lead the fight opposing COVID-19 across all of our departments and facilities, adding punitive and correctional facilities,” Al Hashmi said.
“My team has shown a genuine determination to run this factor without delay and start implementing the strategy in all spaces for each and every worker from the police facilities and [within] the network as a whole,” he added.
The operation included the opening of 3 clinics, one in the capital, Al Ain and Al Dhafra, and the formation of seven groups in prisons and prisons, the source of apparatus and apparatus of the EPI apparatus and much more.
“I am honored to be able to speak on behalf of all my colleagues and friends who have taken my hand for more than 8 months to create a shield that has helped others,” Al Hashmi said, adding that it is the staff who deserve credit. for all the hard work.
Welcoming the formation of the Frontline Heroes Office, he added that the new entity will be of wonderful advantages for many of those who deserve popularity and will provide.
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