Ms. Sumble Raza, a registered ICU nurse at the NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah was covered in the Gulf News story on International Nursing Day

  • As a part of their a tribute to UAE’s frontline warriors on World Nursing Day, Ms. Sumble Raza, a registered ICU nurse at the NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah was covered in the Gulf News story on International Nursing Day.

    Read her story below:

    “Sumble Raza, a registered ICU nurse at the NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah, was one of the first COVID ICU nurses to deal with the first afflicted patients admitted under her care. The 34- year-old from Lahore, Pakistan, joined the hospital in 2012, and since then has been one of the main breadwinners of her family. Dedicated to her job, she was at the forefront of the COVID-19 ward and still is, taking care of four COVID-19 patients as of this week.

    Initially, with little information about the virus, she admitted being scared. “Despite the PPE, there was little information about the mode of transmission in the beginning and being overwhelmed with so many patients, we worked beyond 12 hours. So yes, we were afraid. More than, me, my aged parents were scared. My mother still calls me every evening to make sure I am keeping safe,” said Raza, who shares her apartment with her younger sister, also a nurse at the hospital.

    Raza’s secret to coping with the situation was being ‘positive’ in mind, body and spirit for her patients. “I am overwhelmed by what I witness every day. Each and every patient I dealt with, has so far fought the disease bravely. Only some were gifted their lives back and many succumbed to the disease. I feel honoured to have touched their lives, to have held their hand and cared for them. Each time we lost a patient, I carried the burden home as losing someone is not easy. Some patients stayed on for months and they stayed on in our hearts even after they were discharged,” reminisced Raza.”

    The link for the Gulf News article is below:

    https://gulfnews.com/uae/health/video-a-tribute-to-uaes-frontline-warriors-on-world-nursing-day-1.79115346

    Ms. Sumble Raza, a registered ICU nurse at the NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah was covered in the Gulf News story on International Nursing Day