Three Muslim doctors first front row deaths to face Corona in Britain

Al Jazeera Net - London

The first three doctors who lost their lives due to the emerging coronavirus in Britain are Muslim doctors, who were on the front line to confront the epidemic that they had suffered while in the midst of their professional duties to help patients with the virus.

The feelings of sadness mixed with pride among the Muslim minority in Britain, and she mourns three of the finest doctors in the country: Dr. Habib Zaidi, Dr. Adel Al-Tayyar, and Dr. Amjad Al-Hourani, and all three of them were infected with the Corona virus as a cause of their death.

Many comments gathered on the competence of the three doctors and their love to help the needy and their delay in extending a helping hand to the British health system induced in its war against the epidemic.

Despite his referral to retirement, Dr. Adel Al-Tayyar, who has Sudanese origins, was not late in responding to the call made by the British Ministry of Health for all health sector pensioners to return to work, and given his long medical path, he was among the first to join the Ministry in the front row to confront the epidemic.

High efficiency also applies to Dr. Habib Zaidi, who has Iraqi origins, who died in intensive care at South End Hospital in the capital, London, and was the first doctor to die of an epidemic.

Many of the patients and colleagues of the late commended through social media on Dr. Habib, that he had great experience and great skill in dealing with patients, and two years ago he was awarded the Excellence Award from the hospital in which he works, and even the hospital administration described him as a "legend" in his field of work .

As for Dr. Amjad Al-Hourani, he is considered the first "chief doctor" to die due to the Corona virus, where he was a consultant (team leader of doctors) at the University Hospital "Derby & Burton", and he specialized in ear, nose and throat, and at the beginning of the battle against the virus, he was the last in The foreground leads a number of doctors at the university hospital to treat the virus, before it can be transmitted.

The three Muslim doctors concluded their distinguished medical biography with impressive human stories that will be narrated among the British and among their Muslim community.

The death of Dr. Adel Al-Tayyar had a great impact on British citizens of Sudanese origin. The man knew about his activity among the Muslim minority, and that he was a race to help, as well as his medical experience in a complex field such as organ transplantation.

And Dr. Othman Al-Tayyar - the late son - tells how his father never returned to work with the first regiments that joined the British hospitals, to contribute to facing Corona.

With great pride, Othman confirms - in his conversation with Al Jazeera Net - that this behavior was not surprising from his father, "as long as it was an initiative to provide a helping hand to every needy person."

With a lump in the throat, Othman recalls the last days of his father, after weeks of working in the hospital with patients with Corona virus, and said, "He came back home one day feeling tired, then his temperature started to rise, and this situation continued for days before he started feeling chest tight." Then he is transferred For intensive care in which he stayed four days, then he died.

And on the family’s moral condition, the late doctor’s son confirms that it is “a mixture of pride and reassurance to God’s elimination and sadness at the departure of the father who was the pillar of the family, and he was a dynamic person who initiated the assistance and did not skimp on anyone providing it. Because the medical profession. "

The family of Dr. Al-Tayyar found a lot of solace in the solidarity messages that I received from all over the world, as confirmed by his son.

He added, "What surprised us was that we received letters from different countries saying that the father had white hands in providing assistance, and we did not know about it because he liked to do good in secret."

And Dr. Othman believes that the story of his father must be told "so that everyone has an example of sincerity in work and sacrifice to save others, and these are the values ​​that we need these days."

The executive director of the university hospital, "Derby & Burton", expressed his sadness at the death of Dr. Amjad Al-Hourani, 51, and stressed that he was one of the most dedicated people in their work, "and to the utmost perseverance," according to a statement issued by the hospital mourning Dr. Amjad.

The British official confirmed that the late was loved by everyone and had the confidence of the medical team he was working with, stressing that Dr. Al-Hourani was coordinating between the region's hospitals, and was providing the necessary support to two medical teams to work together in the face of Corona, stating that he was never late in providing Helping colleagues in the ear, nose and throat department, which made him a well-known figure among many medical departments.

Regarding his relationship with the patients, the statement issued by the Doctors Authority at the hospital in which Dr. Amjad was working, confirmed that the late was giving everything he had to treat the patients, and he had an entrepreneurial spirit, and he contributed more than once in collecting aid to the hospital, and volunteered once to climb the Himalayas in an initiative To collect donations for medical assistance.

The death of the three doctors of Muslim origin brings to the fore the size of the Muslim minority's involvement in all concerns and concerns of British society, away from the stereotypes around it.