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Miracle baby Mia, whose Filipina mum died of Covid-19 shortly after giving birth, has returned home to Sharjah after well-wishers raised Dh144,500 to pay her medical bills.
The baby was born prematurely and endured a torrid few weeks in intensive care at Zulekha Hospital after her mother, Florissa, suffered acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from coronavirus.
Thanks to 24-hour supervision in a critical care unit and two months in hospital, Mia was finally allowed home this week to be with her proud father, Jeremy.
I wish my wife was here so I could have seen the expression on her face - that our dream of having our own family had just started
Austrian John Duval shed 31kg after disease was diagnosed during Covid-19 treatment
Martial arts instructor John Duval is free from diabetes just three months after being given the shock diagnosis during a hospital stay as he recovered from Covid-19. All photos by Chris Whiteoak / The National
41-year-old Austrian John Duval speaks with Dr Ihsan Almarzooqi, co founder and managing director of GluCare. He introduced lifestyle changes and is now in remission.
John Duval, who teaches kung fu, tai chi and qigong, did weigh 136kg but now weighs 105kg after recovering from covid.
GluCare s management programme includes a comprehensive patient assessment and biometric wearable devices to monitor how a patient responds to certain foods.