Intensive care room nightmares haunt a Jordanian after surviving "Corona"

Painful details stored in the memory of Abdullah Bashiti from the intensive care room. Reuters

Bitter memories still lie in their painful details in the memory of Jordanian Abdullah Bashiti, and she brings back to him from time to time terrifying pictures from the period he spent in the intensive care room after he was infected with Covid-19.

Among the moments that cannot be forgotten is the moment he woke up from a coma after a sudden lack of oxygen when he saw the doctors raise their hands in prayer.

From witnessing the horrors of the Day of Resurrection, to the nightmare of being in a war zone, the 38-year-old man flashed his memory as he fought to stay for 37 days in an intensive care ward in a private hospital in Amman.

After he regained consciousness one day, he saw five doctors standing next to his bed saying, "Abdullah say Amen...Abdullah say, O Lord."

In a moment of despair when he thought he had passed away in January, he sent a letter to his closest friend, asking him to honor his family and ensure a ritual washing and burial in the Islamic way.

Psychiatrists in Jordan say that Covid survivors are suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, expressing fears that these symptoms will accompany them for life.

Nael Al-Adwan, director of the National Center for Mental Health, said that the ministry has set up a 24-hour hotline to provide support in the field of mental health.

People are experiencing an extraordinary dose of terror in intensive care units.

He added that whoever suffers from complications and needs extreme rescue measures, sees death with his own eyes, and it is not much different from the collapse of a building on a person or the injury of his house by a missile.

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