Badr Al Samaa Hospital Ruwi celebrates COVID-19 survivors in Back to Life event

MUSCAT: Badr Al Samaa Hospital, Ruwi organised an event: Back to Life with Badr. Under this programme Badr Al Samaa celebrates the fighting spirit of critically ill COVID-19 recovered patients. This programme was organised to salute and admire such real heroes.

More than 80 critically ill COVID-19 patients recovered at Badr Al Samaa Hospital, Ruwi attended the event and many of them shared their heart-touching stories of caring hospitalisation and expressed gratitude towards Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals. A memento and a token of love were presented to each of the COVID-19 recovered patients. Team of Internal Medicine, Dr Basheer A, Dr Ravi Perumal, Dr Manohar Noone and Dr Thasli Thankachan presented the mementos to all survivors.

Dr Basheer A, Chief Internist, Badr Al Samaa Hospital, Ruwi in his welcome address said that Badr Al Samaa Group is the first to admit COVID-19 patient in the private healthcare sector, to do prone ventilation, first to successfully treat pregnant lady on a ventilator. The recovery rate is more than 99% across our group in COVID-19 treatment.

Abdul Latheef, Managing Director in his address said being the largest healthcare provider our share of responsibilities in pandemic was also big and so were the challenges but Badr Al Samaa sailed through with the team efforts and streamlined every challenge like shortage of staff, expansion of beds, availability of medicines, etc. We treated hundreds of patients for free and gave considerable discounts to many given our corporate social responsibility.

Dr P A Mohammed, Managing Director in his address said at the beginning of the pandemic, for COVID-19, Badr Al Samaa had dedicated 25 normal beds, 16 ICU beds and 8 ventilators and the number at the peak of COVID-19 grew to 113 normal beds, 29 ICU beds and 19 ventilators. In the whole of the private sector, Badr Al Samaa’s bed contribution in the Muscat region was 37% and in the rest of Oman, it was 90%. 35% of the total available for COVID-19 in the private healthcare sector belonged to Badr Al Samaa.

Sameer PT, CEO, said as a pandemic was new for us but we learned through and handled it much better. Our team has become an expert in COVID-19 and that is the reason our success rate is high. Not just COVID-19 treatment but Badr Al Samaa was leading in RTPCR tests and vaccinations, more than 3,50,000 till now.

Samuel Kutty, Senior Editor in a media in Oman who was critically ill with COVID-19 and developed a heart problem, renal failure, pleural effusion but eventually got recovered at Badr Al Samaa Hospital said that the medical team of Badr Al Samaa felicitated the miracle which God had planned for him. He thanked everyone at Badr Al Samaa and his friend circle who stood by him during his recovery.

Dr Benny Panakkal, Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiology and Group Medical Director said he never knew that COVID-19 can cause heart attacks but eventually he experienced many cases of heart attacks happening due to COVID-19. He said we made it mandatory to test everyone coming to ICU for COVID-19 and miraculously found the many patients who were presented with heart attacks were actually having COVID-19.

Nisha Mol, a critically ill COVID-19 survivor who was pregnant during her hospitalisation attended the event with her baby; both mother and baby were healthy. She said that the care and treatment extended by Dr Basheer and the staff nurse really help me to survive the pandemic. Also, the comfort and confidence given by Dr Basheer in fact gave not only a positive outcome but a second lease of life to me and my child.

Dr Ravi Perumal, Specialist Internist, said that the COVID-19 situation is well under control now especially due to the aggressive vaccination drive in which Badr Al Samaa is a major service provider. He said during COVID-19 treatment along with the treatment we had to give a lot of moral support to the patients who were isolated from families to keep them motivated and positive.

Navneetha a critically ill COVID-19 survivor said she is full of emotions to hear the life-saving stories of everyone present in the event. She said doctors, nurses and all staff has been exemplary in their professional conduct. She said she looks at everyone in Badr Al Samaa as God’s message, she said this experience is a big eye-opener for her and she’ll always remember Badr Al Samaa for this new life.

B Shivasubramaniam, CEO L&T, Oman, Qatar & UAE and husband of Navneetha said many case studies revealed that many companies are purpose-driven and were benevolent; he said he experienced the same qualities in Badr Al Samaa. He congratulated Badr Al Samaa for their service to humanity.

Dr Manohar Noone, Specialist Internist said it had been challenging for the entire world, the whole world was gasping for breath. He said it gives immense pleasure to see everyone working as a team to gain control of the situation and fortunately we are in a much better position now.

Nelson P V, Faculty, National University of Science and Technology critically ill COVID-19 recovered patient expressed gratitude, appreciation and love for the team of Badr Al Samaa. He said no one wants to remember their ordeal with COVID-19 but we would love to remember the people for a lifetime who have been behind our survival. He said the culture at Badr Al Samaa is true to its motto, more than healthcare humane care.

Dr Thasli Thankachan, Specialist Internist said since the last 19 years Badr Al Samaa has been delivering quality healthcare services and during this pandemic, we acted as true leaders in private healthcare. He appreciated everyone in Badr Al Samaa for their dedication and commitment to the service of mankind.

NSS Subramanian, CEO of Oasis Water and husband of one critically ill COVID-19 recovered patient said after COVID-19 lot of complications came into the light and he suggested everyone get them screened after recovering from COVID-19. Badr Al Samaa has a culture of putting the patients above everyone and during the treatment of his wife; he experienced it to his best.

Wisely Babu, a critically ill COVID-19 recovered patient said doctors at Badr Al Samaa are very supportive and gave him hope and emotional support during his treatment. He said the team at Badr Al Samaa made the difficult phase of his life the easiest by their behaviour and professional conduct.

Jayan, Senior Official, Asian Paints, a COVID-19 recovered patient said I was lucky to get a bed when his oxygen saturation fell to 70%. He said the nurses and doctors during the treatment took care of even the smallest of things and made him comfortable during the stay. He appreciated all the staff for sacrificing their personal life for a greater cause.

Swaminathan Ghaneshan, a critically ill COVID-19 recovered patient attended the event to express gratitude to the team of Badr Al Samaa for saving his life.