Saudi Doctor Fighting Coronavirus Returns Home, Breaks Down After Stopping His Son From Hugging
Video of a Saudi doctor unable to hold back his tears after not being able to hug his own child because of coronavirus struck a chord with people. The doctor who is working at the King Salman Hospital in Riyadh added he also sought to highlight how badly the pandemic has changed the family life of healthcare workers.
Workers, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, police, pilots, railway workers and rubbish collectors, are braving grave odds every day. And the medical staff are at the forefront of these efforts.
Hospitals and healthcare facilities are struggling to cope with the daily inflow of patients and lack of beds, equipment like ventilators and the changing trajectory of the disease poses a massive challenge to medical staff.
Amid this crisis, a video of a Saudi doctor unable to hold back his tears after not being able to hug his own child because of coronavirus struck a chord with people.
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The following video shows the doctor's child rushing to hug his father who was wearing the medical uniform. But he immediately takes a step and breaks down in front of his son.
A Saudi doctor returns home from the hospital, tells his son to keep his distance, then breaks down from the strain. pic.twitter.com/0ER9rYktdT
¡ª Mike (@Doranimated) March 26, 2020
"The aim of the clip was to make citizens and residents aware of hazards of the coronavirus and to comply with arrangements and instructions of the Health Ministry," the doctor, identified as Nasser Ali Al Shahrani, told a Saudi daily.
The doctor who is working at the King Salman Hospital in Riyadh, added he also sought to highlight just how badly the pandemic has changed the family life of healthcare workers.
"All colleagues should avoid approaching their children and families until they wash their hands and take the necessary precautions," Gulf News quoted him as saying.
This is the face of someone who just spent 9 hours in personal protective equipment moving critically ill Covid19 patients around London.
¡ª Natalie Silvey (Stay at home - save lives) (@silv24) March 21, 2020
I feel broken - and we are only at the start. I am begging people, please please do social distancing and self isolation #covid19 pic.twitter.com/hs0RQdvsn3
In this fight against the pandemic, the doctors and other medical officials are being widely praised for their 'selflessness' and battling the disease on the front lines.
Another doctor from the UK named Natalie Silvey, an anaesthetic registrar showed the face of someone who spent at least nine hours in personal protective equipment and urged people to do social distancing.
Even in India Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered janata curfew and suggested that people should come out on their balconies at 5 pm on March 22 and praise the people in essential services.
