Doha: Having an optimistic attitude even under stress is tough, yet that's exactly what helped Qatar resident Abdul Muneer Manathanath recover from coronavirus. That along with excellent healthcare facilities provided to him enabled his speedy recovery.
The 44-year-old driver is now in a large quarantine centre in Umm Salal Ali and says that all his needs have been taken care of by the authorities. He is housed in a room with all necessary facilities including television and WiFi.
"Every day morning, a medical staff does a routine checkup of each patient. We are given delicious food according to our preference and as per the dietary chart, if there is any, prepared by doctors for specific patients," says Muneer.
Arrangements are made for separate blankets, clothing, bathing towels and everything else that a person might need. He added that irrespective of nationality or profession, excellent medical care is given to all patients. “I am deeply indebted to the Qatar leadership and the government for giving such excellent facilities. I am also thankful to the Qatar health services and medical professionals for my speedy recovery,” Muneer adds.
Muneer first experienced extreme tiredness on March 13 and visited the health centre where they checked his temperature. As he didn’t have any fever, he was given medicines and asked to take rest. When his condition worsened the next day, an ambulance took him to emergency. The doctors informed him that his respiratory organs and kidney have some infections for which they started the treatment.
Muneer clicking a selfie with other recovered patient
"Those days were terrible as I had trouble even while breathing and due to continuous coughing spell, I felt my entire body was under pain," said the expat from Kerala, India. But the physical discomfort that he experienced was somewhat relieved by the care that was provided to him by the doctors and nurses.
After two days, his coronavirus test came positive and he was shifted to a specialised hospital in Industrial Area.
"Except for being alone, we were not in need of anything. After few days of treatment another test was done which showed negative and I was shifted to a quarantine room with four others. Once more test was done and that also was negative. Two of my roommates decided to quarantine themselves at home and since we were living in bachelor housing, we were moved to special accommodation in Umm Salal Ali."
Under quarantine with many others from different nationalities, Muneer says that though he felt physical discomfort due to his illness, he never allowed himself to be upset about it. "I had excellent caretakers and I believed in their ability to cure me. Also I was in constant touch with my family back home and convinced them that I would be back healthy soon," he adds.
All his contacts, including those living with him and his relatives in the country whom he met a day before being hospitalised are all placed under quarantine but none of them have shown any symptoms and he is thankful for the same. "It is a big relief that I didn't pass on my infection to any of my relatives or my friends," says Muneer.
Muneer is unsure when he will be discharged and in the meanwhile he plans to rest and better his health.
