Doha: An 85-year-old Qatari woman, believed to be the oldest patient to recover from COVID-19 in Qatar, has been discharged from hospital.
The staff at Communicable Disease Centre has come together to cheer and say goodbye to the patient, according to a video posted on the social media pages of the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), yesterday.
Dr. Muna Al Musalmani, Medical Director of Communicable Disease Centre, along with HMC’s Dr. Muna Al Rashid and Dr. Mohammed Abu Khattab, were among the group of doctors and nurses who gathered to say goodbye to the patient. “This week, staff from HMC’s Communicable Disease Center gathered to say goodbye to a special patient. The 85-year-old Qatari woman is believed to be the oldest person in the country who has recovered from COVID-19,” HMC said in its video. “In mid-March after complaining of fever and cough, the woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 and admitted to the Communicable Disease Centre for treatment. Earlier this week she was discharged from hospital after two consecutive tests confirmed she had been cured of the virus,” HMC said further.
By yesterday, a total of 2,070 people have recovered from COVID-19 in Qatar. While, 17,972 COVID-19 cases have been recorded and 15,890 active cases are under treatment.
So far five hospitals in the country are designated to care for COVID-19 patients along with four health centers for testing, examining and keeping suspected cases in addition to a hospital for medical isolation.
Also drive-through COVID-19 testing facilities are made available at different occasions. This includes an ongoing drive through swabbing hubs at three health centres for two days (May 6 and 7), for a community based survey on COVID-19. The Ministry of Public Health has recently stepped up efforts to track the transitional chains of the COVID-19 virus and expand the search for people infected by conducting extensive and proactive investigations of large numbers of contacts with people who have recently been confirmed with the disease.
