Muslim doctors in Britain .. heroes sacrificed their lives in the battle of Corona

Sarah Jamal - London

As the British right tends to narrow opportunities for immigrants, the UK has experienced a shortage of medical personnel during the current Corona crisis. Despite the great need to bridge the shortage of migrants' medical sector, recruitment procedures for people from outside the European Union are still very difficult, as they are subject to many administrative and financial complications.

The medical sector in the UK relies on cadres of African, Asian and other ethnic minorities at 44%, and they have to pay exorbitant annual fees for the privilege of using the National Health Service, in addition to paying taxes. These fees will rise from 400 pounds () to 624 pounds next October.

Under the pressure of the current Corona pandemic crisis, the government decided that all nurses, doctors, paramedics, and healthcare professionals will automatically renew their visas for one year free of charge, according to the Guardian newspaper.

But in front of these complications faced by doctors from ethnic minorities, they were the ones who responded to the Corona virus, and took the first ranks in the confrontation, as their stories formed living legends even after their death due to HIV infection.

Hourani house, doctors' shelter

Dr. Amjad Al-Hourani, a consultant ENT consultant at Queen's Hospital in Burton, did not know that he was infected with Corona virus until he was hospitalized and placed under a respirator, and after three weeks he died at the Royal Leicester dispensary at the age of 55.

Although the virus was tested twice, the result was negative in both of them, but unfortunately the result was positive the third time.

Al-Hourani stood in the first line of defense, and was exposed to many cases of patients suffering from breathing problems and a persistent cough, loss of taste and inhalation due to infection with the virus, as his brother Amal told him to the Guardian, "He did not even realize that he needed protective equipment, as he was carrying out his duties just yet".

Amjad Al-Hourani is from a Sudanese family who has lived in the United Kingdom since 1975, and he has 5 brothers. Their late father moved there to learn about the latest equipment and research in his specialty as a radiologist, and transferred his passion for medicine to his children, so Al-Hourani's house became a training center for other Sudanese doctors who needed Advice and guidance, or to a place to stay, to find refuge in Dar Al-Hourani without a fee.

Doctor Adel Al-Tayyar

Adel Al-Tayyar is a doctor of Sudanese origin and father of four, two of them are doctors from the National Health Service, he was a specialist in organ transplantation, and he volunteered in the emergency department of a hospital in Hereford in western England to help fight Corona, where his family believes he was infected with the virus while treating patients.

The pilot began isolating himself when he had symptoms, and was placed on a respirator, but he died before recovering at West Middlesex University Hospital in London at the age of 63.

Sado is a living legend

Former medical director of the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex County, Dr. Alpha Saadow is described as a "living legend". He worked for the National Health Service for many years and retired in 2017, and worked part-time at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Willowen, Hertfordshire, one of the most districts He contracted the virus and died at the age of 68.

Doctor Alpha Saadou, who grew up in Kwara state, Nigeria, moved to the UK when he was 12 years old, worked most of his career there, and worked in a hospital in Nigeria.

A few days ago, his son Danny posted on Facebook, "My father was a living legend, and he worked in the National Health Service for 40 years to save lives here (England) and in Africa ... He had been fighting the virus for two weeks, but he could no longer fight."

"Alpha was known to have confidence in his passion to ensure our patients receive quality care ... He was a committed member of the team," said Lance McCarthy, CEO of "Princess Alexandra" Hospital, Lance McCarthy.

Nisreen's dream of nursing

Arima Nisreen, mother of three, of Pakistani origin, spent 16 years as a hospital cleaner, then qualified as a nurse in January last year.

After symptoms of the Corona virus appeared, such as high fever, coughing and pain in the body, the test result was positive a week later, and she died in intensive care at the Walsall Manor Hospital in Rip Midlands, at the age of 36 years.

One of her hospital colleagues confirmed that her condition "deteriorated very quickly", while her family thought that she had passed the worst period of the disease and was on the way to recovery. "She fought and struggled, but God decided to take her to him ... She was the most beautiful, real person you could ever meet," described her friend Ruby Aktar on social networking site Facebook.

Her sister, Kazima Nisreen, who was working as a health care assistant in the same hospital, said she was on annual leave when she first began showing symptoms, and she did not think she had contracted the virus at work, according to Sky News.

In her motivating words for nursing professionals, especially from Muslim backgrounds, Arima said, "I would like if I could inspire others ... I cry every morning because I am so happy that I finally fulfilled my dream to become a nurse, and I would like to urge every person who reads my words not to surrender." .

Pakistani Habib Zaidi

Zaidi, of Pakistani origin, came to live in Britain almost 50 years ago and worked as a general practitioner in a hospital in south-eastern England. Zaidi died in intensive care at the South End Hospital in Essex, a week after the self-quarantine, at the age of 76.

According to the instructions for social separation, only his family was allowed to attend his funeral ceremonies, while his widow began a period of home quarantine.

Professor Muhammad Sami Shusha

The Egyptian physician, Mohamed Sami Shousha, was a consultant pathologist in histology and a research fellow at Charing Cross Hospital and the Imperial College of Medicine in London.

His nephew Abd al-Rahman Shusha told Middle East Eye that Professor Muhammad Sami, 79, died in London after contracting the virus about two weeks ago, and he was keen to go to work in his final days despite the health risks, and his work probably did not involve contact Directly with patients with coronavirus.

Choucha trained in histopathology at the Royal Free Hospital and the College of Medicine in London, and has been working at Charing Cross Hospital since 1978, where he has run the service of mammary histopathology. He was also an honorary professor of histology at Imperial College, and worked at cancer research laboratories in the United Kingdom at Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals in London.