The medical team at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi managed to treat the youngest patient with the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), who enters intensive care in the country, after experiencing serious health complications while in a private hospital, after the virus was transmitted from his father.
After being transferred from the hospital to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, the child, Hervey Emmanuel Magus (nine years old), received the necessary treatment until he recovered from the disease and returned to his home.
The recovery of the youngest child infected with "Corona" and his discharge from the "Khalifa Medical"
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A consultant pediatrician at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Dr. Al-Amin Abdullah Ahmad, revealed that the child (Filipino) stayed on the artificial respirator 11 days, and was used in the treatment protocol four types of drugs.
In detail, the mother of the youngest patient of "Covid-19" who is entering intensive care, Hermali Sotomayor, revealed that the infection was transmitted to her and her child through her husband, who initially felt some fatigue, and he visited a private hospital but did not examine the "Corona", and after the symptoms of fever appeared On him, and a smear to him, tests confirmed his infection with the virus as a result of contact, because he did not travel during the recent period.
"The tests also confirmed that my child and I had (Covid-19) due to the transmission of the virus to us from my husband, and we entered the three isolators in a private hospital, and after complications of (Hervey) in the lung, he was transferred to the intensive care in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City," Hermali added. , And was placed on an artificial respirator, ”noting that she and her husband were very afraid of her child, especially that he was their only son.
She added: “I feel happy to be in the UAE in this difficult ordeal, where we all received the best care and attention, and the complications of Herve’s condition were controlled through the treatment protocol that Sheikh Khalifa Medical City doctors set for him, where he remained in intensive care for about 19 days. Then he went to the isolation room in the children's section, and he remained there for 10 days, until she finally recovered. ”
She indicated that she and her husband recovered from Corona disease before their child, and they were following his condition during his intensive care and isolation, through the medical and nursing staff at Sheikh Khalifa City Hospital, pointing out that the medical staff not only provided them with medical support but also psychological and human support, And he cared for every detail of their child's life while in the hospital, as "doctors and nurses were keen to hold a birthday party for him after leaving intensive care, to complete his ninth year while in intensive care."
For his part, the consultant pediatrician at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Dr. Al-Amin Abdullah Ahmad, the therapist for the child's condition (Hervey), indicated that the child reached the emergency with severe inflammation in the left side of the lung, and minor inflammation on the right side, then the condition developed. On the second day, the inflammation increased, he became in need of oxygen, and new rays were introduced to him, which also showed that the right side was affected by the inflammation, so the intensive care was contacted and transferred to it.
He added, "The child arrived in the emergency department on March 22, and was transferred to intensive care the next day, and placed on the artificial respirator," noting that "the treatment protocol for the emerging corona virus included four types of medications, including regular anti-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory." Viruses, hydroxychloroquine, as well as interferon. He added: “After the child left intensive care, he was placed in an isolation room to continue his treatment, and implemented a physical therapy program for him so that he could move and walk, as his movement was affected in some way by his excess weight, and his stay in the intensive care for a long time.”
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City announced that the child recovered and fully recovered from the symptoms of the disease after receiving the necessary health care since he was admitted to the hospital, noting that Hervey Emmanuel Magus is considered the youngest patient of Covid-19 to enter intensive care in the state.
The child’s movement was negatively affected by his excessive weight and long-term stay in intensive care.
Doctors "Sheikh Khalifa Medical City" treated the child with four types of medications.