Dubai:
A 38-year-old Indian frontline warrior within the UAE was on Thursday discharged from hospital after he made a miraculous restoration from COVID-19 that critically broken his lungs and left him in an unconscious state for six months.
Arunkumar M Nair, an OT technician who fought the pandemic on the frontlines, breathed with the assist of a synthetic lung (ECMO machine) throughout his half-year-long battle in opposition to COVID-19.
Through the interval, he endured a number of complexities, together with a cardiac arrest. He additionally underwent a number of procedures, reminiscent of tracheostomy and bronchoscopy.
In honour of his service to the nation and his preventing spirit, VPS Healthcare, a multinational healthcare group, introduced him with a monetary assist of Rs 50 lakh.
His Emirati colleagues handed over him the monetary help at a operate organised at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to rejoice his miraculous restoration, based on a press release by the hospital.
The healthcare group will provide a job to his spouse and can take up the bills of the training of his baby.
Nair, hailing from Kerala, was shifted to a common room within the hospital lower than a month in the past. For over 5 months, he was within the ICU on a life-support system.
“I don’t keep in mind something. I do know I had barely escaped from the jaws of demise,” Mr Nair stated.
“It’s the power of the prayers of my household, buddies, and tons of of others that I’m alive right now,” he stated.
Mr Nair contracted COVID-19 in mid-July 2021 whereas working as a part of the COVID-19 process power at LLH Hospital, Abu Dhabi. He has been working as an OT Technician on the hospital since 2013, the assertion stated.
After testing constructive for COVID-19, Mr Nair moved to a quarantine facility however after just a few days, his situation worsened and he was discovering it troublesome to breathe.
He was shifted to hospital and a radical checkup discovered his lungs had been severely contaminated. On July 31, the medical doctors put him on ECMO assist as he couldn’t breathe naturally. He got here out of ECMO assist after 118 days.
Mr Nair confirmed indicators of enchancment to start with and responded nicely to treatment however regularly, the progress declined and his situation worsened.
He had not communicated in regards to the sickness to his household in India and had simply knowledgeable them that he wouldn’t make any calls as a result of a particular association within the obligation.
“We didn’t suspect something mistaken as he was working as a part of the COVID-19 process power. However after we acquired the decision from the hospital, we couldn’t imagine it,” stated his spouse, Jenny George, who can also be a healthcare employee.
She secured a visa and travelled to Abu Dhabi to be along with her husband.
“The information got here as an enormous blow for Arun’s mother and father and me. We had been damaged and prayed for his good well being and speedy restoration,” she stated, including that he was planning to come back residence for housewarming in August.
Dr. Tarig Ali Mohamed Elhassan, Division head of cardiac surgical procedure at Burjeel Hospital, who handled Nair since starting, stated his situation was crucial from day one.
“His lungs had failed, and it was past restore. He was respiratory solely with the assist of an ECMO machine. And this continued for about 118 days. In a standard case, the restoration would have been unimaginable. This is the reason Arun’s restoration is a miracle to all of us,” Mr Tarig stated.
He’ll fly again to India together with his household quickly to go to his mother and father and proceed his physiotherapy there. He’s assured to affix again on obligation subsequent month.