The senior resident doctor of AIIMS in Delhi had to remove his safety gear to save the COVID-19 patient. He has been advised 14 days of quarantine.
New Delhi: A senior resident doctor of AIIMS, Delhi took off his protective gear and put himself at risk to save a critical COVID-19 patient while shifting him to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an official said.
The doctor has been advised 14 days of quarantine.
NDTV Reported: “Zahid Abdul Majeed, a native from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, was not even able to break his (Ramzan) fast when he was called for shifting a COVID-19 intubated patient to the ICU in the AIIMS Trauma Centre, which has been converted as a dedicated COVID-19 hospital,” Srinivas Rajkumar T, General Secretary of AIIMS Resident Doctors’ Association in New Delhi, said.
This occurred inside an ambulance around 2 am on Friday.
When Dr Majeed entered the ambulance, he had difficulty in ventilating the patient and suspected “accidental extubation.”
“I immediately decided to re-intubate. Owing to poor visibility through the PPE inside the ambulance, I decided to remove the goggles and face shield, and then re-intubated the patient as any delay would have led to the imminent death of the patient,” the doctor said.
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According to the World Health Organization, intubation and the steps leading up to it are some of the high-risk moments for COVID-19 spread to healthcare workers and other patients.
WHO has suggested that strict protocols to limit viral exposure must be followed.
Dr Majeed did not think twice before taking full-blown aerosol exposure from the patient and got exposed to the highest possible viral load just to deliver his duty, Srinivas added.
Zahid Abdul Majeed has been a compassionate doctor dedicated to his work, Srinivas Rajkumar said.
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