Zulekha Hospital in UAE launches Covid recovery clinic

There are a lot of different symptoms surrounding the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS COV 2) and therefore medical and health care professionals have been regarding this new disease as a mixture of many diseases. Even after putting up months of untiring fight and dedicated efforts, the healthcare providers haven’t been able to come up with a definitive diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment plan.

From person to person

According to them, the treatment plan and disease outcome varies from person to person and many factors play a part in this. One of the most important factors is the immune system. People with weakened immune system such as those with diabetes or other immune related disorders are known to be at a greater risk of being affected by this disease. These are the same people that if get affected, can display severe signs and symptoms.

What about other diseases?

There are many people out there who still don’t believe in the authenticity of this pandemic and raise questions about incidence of other diseases. Surely media has been reporting only on Covid but of course, it’s only natural of humans to leap towards something that is new and intriguing. So, other diseases are still out there and have been affecting people at the same rate but its only Covid that is being reported to ensure that we are properly tackling the pandemic.

What’s happening?

With a new disease every year our hospital beds do remain almost full at any time of year but due to this pandemic our health facilities and outpatient department have been badly hit. It has become really difficult to accommodate and treat patients coming in with other diseases. In order to step up, we can always wash hands with bar soap and water for 20 seconds to keep ourselves and those around us safe.

A clinic helping people

Recently, a Covid clinic has been setup in UAE by Zulekha hospitals to better address the issue of persistent symptoms and Covid recovery. These clinics will help people understand what they are exactly going through and help doctors treat their patients in a right manner. Like all clinics, this setup would be also sterilized and cleaned with disinfectant cleaner times and again to ensure protection of patients and staff.

Treating patients

Persistent symptoms that can worsen or normalize without any factors are breathlessness, anxiety, memory loss, GI disturbances, nausea, and chest pain. Every symptom is important when it comes to treating the disease completely therefore pulmonologists posted in this clinic would assess the patient completely before ordering any further tests and subsequent treatments. Even if needed, patients can be referred to specialists for better outcomes.

Therefore, such clinics are a need of time for patients that are not being understood by other hospitals due to overload. Let’s hope and pray that everything turns out to be a better one.