The Elderly Medical Consultant, Director of the Happiness Center for Senior Citizens of the Health Authority in Dubai, Dr. Salwa Al-Suwaidi, called on everyone - especially the senior citizens category - not to be alarmed by the amount of information spread through social media about the emerging Corona virus (Covid-19), stressing that Fear is one of the biggest risks that may contribute to increasing the levels of the hormone «cortisone», which leads to high psychological tension and levels of sugar and blood pressure.
During her hosting of the program “Your Health is Honest” on Dubai TV, presented by Dr. Ali Singel, Dr. Salwa stressed a set of rules imposed by health experts around the world to preserve the elderly, including the necessity of wearing gloves and medical masks, as well as not allowing social gatherings, or large gatherings In an attempt to distance themselves, mitigate the visit of grandchildren, while virtual meetings, via video calls, can be arranged to ease the feeling of isolation.
She pointed to the importance of ensuring personal hygiene, sleeping enough hours, as well as healthy eating rich in necessary vitamins, noting that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention advises senior citizens to stay away from visiting health centers or the doctor in the current period, as well as not to travel and adhere to safety measures.
The Director of the Happiness Center for Senior Citizens at the Health Authority in Dubai pointed to three basic pillars for maintaining health, starting with controlling diseases, and rehabilitation through physical and mental exercises, and reaching social communication, saying that «senior citizens are the good and the blessing, and they are the most groups that can To resort to them in this period ».
While Dr. Ali Singel, during the workshop, touched on the Emirates Integrated System to combat the new Corona virus, through its possession of a strong system of epidemiological investigation of communicable and communicable diseases, and an immediate response to deal with all global health challenges, which contributed to preventing and containing previous epidemiology, such as Avian and swine flu in accordance with the highest international standards, stressing that the UAE is one of the first countries to take precautionary and preventive measures to limit the spread of the virus, as it secured land and sea ports and airports to limit the spread of the emerging virus, and hastened to implement early detection of For people from HIV-infected countries.