UAE fights Covid: First Emirati male nurse urges more nationals to join healthcare
Majid Salim Al Hammadi
Al Hammadi hopes to inspire many more nationals to pursue a career in nursing.
The first UAE national to be a male nurse, Majid Salim Al Hammadi, has been successfully balancing work and doctoral studies during the pandemic.
Currently, he is the charge nurse at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) operating room department.
Al Hammadi hopes to inspire many more nationals to pursue a career in nursing.His nursing journey started in 2015 when he joined Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) as an intern. For the next two years, he was on rotation in paediatric emergency, medical, surgical and operating rooms. In 2018, he began his master’s degree in managing care in perioperative and anesthesia practice from Cardiff University. In 2020, at the height of Covid-19 pandemic, Al Hammadi completed his postgraduate while learning to balance the demands of his job with studies. H
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Those recovering from COVID-19 do not have to wait for 3 months before getting the Sinopharm vaccine.
That s according to Dr. Nawal Al Kaabi, Chief Medical Officer at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE Principal Investigator for Phase III Trials COVID-19 Vaccine, and Chairperson of the National COVID-19 Clinical Management Committee, who told Dubai Eye 103.8 s
Afternoons with Helen Farmer on Thursday that they can get the inactivated vaccine even if they ve had a mild or severe infection.
However, for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine they will need to wait for three months from when they recover.
In fact, those who ve contracted COVID-19 after getting the first jab can take the second dose of the vaccine after 14 days or when they get a negative PCR test result.
While following the progress of the pandemic here, I have also kept an eye on the situation in the UK, my country of origin, and in the British Channel Island of Jersey, my other home.
The three countries are very different in terms of size. The UK population is around 68 million and the UAE is somewhere around 9.8 million, while Jersey has a mere 105,000 inhabitants. Government systems differ, too. In the UK, the administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have major roles to play in terms of introducing Covid-related restrictions, with the government in London being in full control only in England. Here in the UAE, many decisions are taken by the federal government but others can be introduced at an emirate level. In Jersey, roughly the size of Abu Dhabi island, all decisions are taken by the government.
Health professionals in UAE say the year’s challenges have taught them valuable lessons Seddiqa Al Mansoori, respiratory therapy supervisor at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, in Abu Dhabi. Image Credit: Supplied
Abu Dhabi: It is only natural for doctors and physicians to be recognised for their efforts. However, in 2020, the role that many other frontline workers have silently played in the fight against COVID-19 is no less noteworthy. Having worked in the frontline to ensure the health and safety of patients in the UAE, many of these health-care workers say that the year has exposed them to the value of teamwork and taught them vital lessons for their careers.