The last recovered from Corona left the Emirates Field Hospital in Dubai, which is affiliated with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company «SEHA», yesterday, in a batch of 17 people, bringing the total of hospitalized patients to more than 2,300 patients, ages between 18 and 60 years.
SEHA explained during a ceremony to celebrate the exit of the last group of patients, the end of the field hospital’s tasks and its removal, and had announced successively over the past few weeks that many of its health facilities were empty of Covid-19 cases, including Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City , Tawam Hospital, and a number of hospitals in Al Dhafra Region.
And the field hospital in "Dubai Parks and Resorts" was established within three weeks in three field hospitals that SEHA established in last April as a precaution, and in preparation for the increase in the number of patients, and since it received the first cases of "Covid-19" on 24 April, the field hospital, with a capacity of 1,200 beds, provided services to more than 2,300 Covid-19 patients, according to the treatment procedures established by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection and the Dubai Health Authority.
Dr. Mubarak Al Darmaki, Chief Operating Officer of the Emirates Field Hospital in Dubai Parks and Resorts, said, “The hospital provided free treatment services to all patients of different nationalities whose symptoms vary from simple to medium.”
He emphasized that the percentage of injuries among the medical staff in the hospital amounted to "zero", as the necessary preventive measures were taken since its establishment to protect doctors and nurses, and the hospital did not witness any deaths among the patients.
He pointed out that the team that supervised the hospital consisted of 100 nursing staff, 30 doctors, 27 volunteers, and 8 administrators, in addition to radiology, laboratory and radiology services, stressing that the medical staff did not leave the hospital over the past three months, as their housing was provided soon From the hospital, to start today their first day out.
He continued that the termination of sanitary isolation was done according to the treatment protocols that were constantly updated according to international developments, so that the isolation was finally ended after 14 days of sanitary isolation.
“The creation of the field hospital in Dubai Parks and Resorts came in implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, to ensure that the needs of society are met, and complete To the efforts of health care institutions in the country. ”
He added that the success of this hospital in serving more than 2,300 patients came as a result of the fruitful partnership with our partners in Dubai, and we are very grateful to them for this cooperation and support to serve the community of the United Arab Emirates in general.
The medical director at Emirates Field Hospital said that the hospital treated patients from one family who ranged between the ages of 18 and 60, while the hospital treated a case of one patient who reached 66 years, and confirmed that the medical staff had not left the hospital since its establishment, to return to normal life today.
Treating 1500 injured
The Dubai Parks and Resorts Hospital is the second field hospital out of three field hospitals established by SEHA, which are left by the recovered from Covid-19. The field hospital at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center "ADNEC", which was built on an area of 31,000 square meters, managed to treat more than 1500 patients and the last recovered left last month.
Since the beginning of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) has established 24 facilities nationwide to provide laboratory testing services, expand the scope of health care services infrastructure, and carried out nearly two million Covid-19 exams, providing more than 200,000 tele-consultations through a virtual medical care clinic over the phone, providing more than 120,000 prescriptions for patients in their homes.
Another recovering
The last of those who recovered from Corona at Emirates Field Hospital in Dubai, Noureddine Imam, an Egyptian working as a teacher, thanked the Emirates for embracing him throughout his treatment, stressing that he was in safe hands, and during his treatment he felt the highest levels of care and attention, which ended in his recovery completely.