Recovered Covid-19 patients in Kashmir say that more thanmedicines, it was the human touch of the doctors and the paramedic staff thatsaved them and helped them see through this crisis phase.
On Tuesday, 13 Covid-19 patients were discharged from thehospital after testing negative for the dreaded virus. The doctors and theparamedic staff applauded them as they walked out of a Srinagar hospital aftertwo weeks.
“It is a moment of great happiness. I want to thank the doctors and the staff of CD Hospital, I am very happy with their behaviour. We will never forget the way they treated us. We were healed 50 per cent by their kind behaviour and 50 per cent by medicines. I feel better and normal now,” said a recovered patient.
“We have no words to describe how well we were treatedon the way to our recovery. God has been kind, and the medical staff workedvery hard for us. God has given us a new life,” said another recoveredpatient.
The cured patients have now gone into home quarantine andwill remain under close surveillance. The doctors said that they will be testedagain after one month.
“My message to general masses is that please don’tostracise them. They shouldn’t be treated as untouchables, they don’t have anydisease. They are part of us. Anyone of us can get this illness, so pleaserespect their privacy,” said Samia Rashid, Principal, Government MedicalCollege, Srinagar.
The recovered patients have also given their consent forplasma therapy needed for any future Covid-19 cases.
“All these patients have given their consent for plasmatherapy if there are further complicated cases, which is a good gesture ontheir part. It will help in future Covid-19 cases,” said pulmonologistNaveed Nazir Shah.
Earlier this week, two minor siblings aged five and sevenyears, who had tested positive for the disease, had recovered and weredischarged from the JLNM Hospital in Srinagar.
“They were admitted on March 25, moments after theirreports returned positive. All of us were in tears. Actually, I am in thishospital from March 25. I only go home to change my clothes,” saidBilquies Shah, the nodal officer of JLNM Hospital.
Clearly it is a moment of joy for the recovered persons, andcredit must be given to the untiring efforts of the medical personnel.