India Sends Doctors to UAE
A team of 105 healthcare professionals from India landed in Abu Dhabi on 19th May on a mission to treat Covid-19 patients.
A team of 105 healthcare professionals from India landed in Abu Dhabi on 19th May on a mission to treat Covid-19 patients. This is the second batch of Indian healthcare sent to the UAE. 88 healthcare workers had left for UAE on 9th May. This is because the UAE had requested the Indian government to send healthcare workers to help fight COVID-19. The Healthcare workers were sent there on a special Etihad Airways flight. The flight departed from Kochi airport. While walking out of the airport, the doctors, nurses were holding flags of India and the UAE. The flight was headed to Abu Dhabi.
These professionals will be working in the critical care unit of different Covid-19 hospitals in UAE. The team also consisted of nurses who are specially trained to care for patients in ICU. This initiative was facilitated by the Indian Embassy, Department of Health - Abu Dhabi and UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Indian Ambassador to UAE Pavan Kapoor said such initiatives show long and strong bilateral ties between both the countries.
Vinod Sebastian, one of the senior nurses in the team said it is a proud moment for each of them. "It is our duty to serve and treat the patients. For many of the nurses in the team, it is their first journey to a foreign country. All of them are highly experienced in critical care (ICU). We are very confident and motivated. We are taking it up as a challenge."
