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AKU SONAM Alumna, Alice Ibrahim is using her nursing skills to help those who cannot go to the hospital and pevent them from being exposed to COVID-19. She is also teaching her patients infection control practices and precautionary measures.

In her spare time, She writes blog posts related to the pandemic. We are thankful to Alice Ibrahim and are excited to hear more stories from our #AKUHeroes! #AKUAlumni 

Using her nursing skills to teach COVID-19 prevention practices and helping patients who cannot go to hospitals for smaller treatment.

Challenges of 3rd World Countries

Novel Covid 19 revolution in the world develop many crises economic, health, education, hunger and many connecting issues that destroy many lives and close all the religious centers for the followers. Three major crises currently the hot topic during this pandemic situation.

1.     Covid-19 Coronavirus Spread and Affect Human Living
2.     Economic Crises become reason for Hunger and Death
3.     Heatstroke and insufficient resources

Let’s begin once again with covid-19 in its first phase many just heard about covid is not a big deal if you are healthy and fit, may affect sick peoples and senior citizen yes, it’s true, many of the peoples have Positive results with no symptoms when we trace an affected patient and investigate those who are in contact with positive with this disease. A positive case without a symptom is a carrier and help infection to spread more rapidly, they were sure they haven’t affected yet, I have experience in my organization where 1 of the ancillary staff got symptoms and on test, he got positive result in tracing those who work with him since he felt symptoms, another 2 of staff was worked with him were positive without symptoms.

This Epidemic disease cannot be stop till we religiously follow distance SOP, wearing mask and other guidelines, we are human the intelligent among all living thing, I can educate each other that we can be a carrier and because of us might some low immunity people and senior citizens might pick up and lost their lives. At least I don’t want to carry this guilt with me, that’s why in my capacity I try to educate my family, friends, community and social contacts to please follow covid safety guideline.

We are living in poor country where country already lent money from other countries to fulfill country deficit, GDP is low, unemployment ratio is high that’s build pressure develop depression, anxiety and increase crime rate. As Covid19 pandemic become tsunami for world economy, smash giant organizations pillar and many institutions were submerged, Employees were fired, daily wedgers can’t get work, workers are forced to beg to feed their families, many dies because of hunger, nobody have enough to share their meals with other, because all are afraid what if its continue for long. Crime also increase government already declared that they have not enough budget to help the peoples, peoples in small communities  try to help each other, we have no such experience nor we are united before this situation. We were living in a country where we are part of sectarian, language and cast community.

It is now over 3 months since we are facing lockdown, smart lock down and might face curfew in nearby days, we are not ready for that because we have no savings, no benefit from government to survive, same Electricity, Water, House Rent, Gas, other utility bills and taxes have to pay on time, un-employment, salary deduction, force leave without pay, does not help. Its built more pressure then covid symptoms and we are going through anxiety, depression that may force for suicidal ideas, children school and Van fees are on, but they are on off for children’s. There is no benefit for middle and lower class, if this pandemic situation continues its halt on us, then we will never be control on this infection even in next 100 years.

The 3rd World country means the Family politics has been going on for years that is the
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reason we have issue of potential candidate to run the country to bring progress, development issues, basic living, un-employment and citizens living is almost 50 years beyond developed countries. I live in Pakistan we have same political scenario, we know our required energy demand, but never work on it, we have 3G, 4G cellular network as our 67% population as cell phone users including kids from age of 3years, we are going through extreme hot weather near about 40 Degree Centigrade with no power supply during such hot weather, peoples are dying due to heatstroke as we have faced the same situation 4 years ago when city have no vacant morgue to where four to six hours can be waited so that the family can choose the cemetery and the place of the grave for the deceased, I have seen volunteers and social activist made temporary shelters nearby roads provide snow brick to provide temporary morgue facility, it’s a shame for the leaders today we are facing same issue along with pandemic covid19, daily above hundred people die, thousand under threat. Lockdown does not work due to angry sun heat rays, killing power supply almost 8 hours load shedding and in relevant disruption of water supply. How can peoples stay at home, when there is no electricity, no water they must go out to bring peace for their family or pandemic without wish, covid19 may not kill but heat wave, hunger and thirst definite kill peoples. In my earlier posts I have mentioned once this pandemic disease spread aggressively, we are unable to control even if we built temporary hospitals. Government need to understand to provide relief and take notice of illegal charges claim by power company and give relief to the citizens.

World economy is down due to Pandemic Covid19, Giant companies fall down medium and small industries are bankrupt the reason is spread of corona, lockdown and supply of raw materials, it is sad to say that the places of worship of all religions have been closed. It would not be a mistake to say that the devil has been left open and that it is sometimes conspiring to carry out a dangerous chemical attack on Corona and other times a cold cough as her advertisers wish and the message changes in minutes, which is why people don't follow the advice and the government shutdown, the only business that boost is Media, they must provide positivity and educate peoples to stay safe and stay home, understand hospital system before comment and criticize, whenever government speak about relief for poor, orphan, homeless or business to recover they must not demand in which they don’t fall. Writing of this post does not mean to hurt anyone just to point out we can help each other only if we are united, care for all and help each other else we die and no one knows until this pandemic period. May Allah help and bless us.

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The Fear and Threat Which I Have Observed and Share Before Holy Month of Ramadan


The fear and threat which we as nation at the end of holy month ramdan before eid days observed, the smart lockdown in which crowds in the markets and malls had infected and spread its infection from small ways to long way across rural areas to high tech cities.

It is now confirmed that in Pakistan this pandemic disease is going to be worse, it will take more lives and affect millions of others. Earlier many of the peoples do not believe in existence of Covid19 and thought it’s a drama of European countries and a lobby of local politicians to earn 3000$ on corona patient death declaration, which was just rumors and it's a demand from government to arrest those culprits who spread such rumors, another issue which we nation are facing extreme response of traders, shopkeepers, transporter, labor and many other association that increase pressure on government to lift lockdown and allow peoples to refrain from social distancing.

Anyways the number of infected patients are increasing day by day and toll reached more than 1 lac 26 thousands with active cases, limited hospitals are catering covid patients just to retain their position in health care industry, for handling covid patients they have to make alteration in their current structure, arrangement of services, Personal Protecting Equipment’s, ventilators, isolation rooms and so on, still those who cater covid patients are facing the criticism of so called honest and independent media hypocrites play their negative role by twisting news,  instead of educating peoples to follow SOPs they are fueling communities might they die due to hunger. No body die due to hunger because we all believe Almighty ALLAH is responsible for food.

The Dramatic episode that misguide peoples with fake news on social network has ended, now it’s the time when hospitals in the country have no vacant critical beds to accommodate and manage, many of us might die in ambulance during search of hospital to facilitate. Soon this nightmare will take many more lives of our love ones and we can't even be able to give them proper tribute as per our culture and religion.

Countries those who follow strict lockdown controlled spread of novel covid 19, like Pakistan where lobbies and politics involve too much push us towards the ages of darkness.

One of my known b working in well-known Hospital in billing department for more than 25 years unfortunately become covid positive with his wife, as a person he is a simple guy belongs to middleclass family working in a setup as temporary employee even though working there for more than 2 decades with no medical benefits, got severe respiratory symptoms at home, his wife also got severe symptoms, he sacrificed himself for his admitted wife into a covid special care isolation where she needs bipap support, after few hours at home his condition became severely ill, well-wishers   brought him to emergency department to make him understand that he will not recover at home, his condition might take his life, all of friends and doctor request him to get treatment, after sometime emergency team manage to arrange a bed for him in covid area where he got treatment for almost 24 hours, finally he got covid special care isolation on bipap but it didn't work for him, now medical team advise him  and his family to go on Elective intubation as his lungs are not enough recovered on bipap, May Almighty ALLAH give him health and long life.

The Government of Pakistan initially work so well, upon different non serious illiterate politicians and traders pressure government to withdraw its SOPs that’s why the spread is aggressively hitting the senior citizens and sick peoples, many of the peoples don’t have symptoms even for 7 days, after that the infection of Covid19 affect sinus and collapse lungs function. We have very limited resources can’t even transport patients nor dead bodies if number of casualties increase, peoples will die in ambulances in finding of ventilator beds, and some before take initiative to go treatment in hospital. Even if we transform wedding halls, hotels, malls, schools and other big halls into hospital system, then also we cannot cater the patients.

Still peoples are not ready to accept covid as a pandemic disease in Pakistan, as a citizen of Pakistan and Healthcare Professional i do my best to educate peoples, Please take this issue as very serious else we face unbearable loss of life in this epidemic war.

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Aga Khan University Hospital Health Care Heroes #AKUHeroes #AkuAlumni #AKUSonam

AKU SONAM Alumna, Alice Ibrahim is using her nursing skills to help those who cannot go to the hospital and pevent them from being exposed t...