Dubai: As COVID-19 patients recover from the virus, they struggle with long-term physical, mental and nutritional deficits that sap their strength and their ability to resume normal life remains suspended or limited for a fairly long time. About 30 per cent of all COVID-19 patients suffer from long-term physical and mental after-effects such as anxiety, fatigue, exhaustion, weakness, sense of isolation, anger apart from debilitating physical complaints. These have been identified by the World Health Organisation ( WHO) as the ‘long-term’ side-effects of COVID-19 that need to be addressed.
Arise, in association with RAK Hospital, has launched the first-ever complimentary COVID-19 Rehabilitation Programme in the UAE, which can be accessed by all residents of UAE. COVID-19 patients from abroad, looking for health resources and guidance, can log in, too, for assistance.
COVID-19 exposes deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure and supply chains.
That was the conclusion of the Secretary-General s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori at the online event hosted by the Delhi-based Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) yesterday. There is a serious job of work ahead to identify all the issues which have led to the overburdening of the health infrastructure and supply chain not only of developing countries but also of highly developed ones, she said.
She congratulated the CDRI Secretariat on opening a debate on the subject and said that the insights and recommendations resulting from the wide-ranging discussion and the follow-up will be an essential part of the recovery and preparation for the next pandemic.