Covid-19: 8 UAE nurses volunteer to support US frontliners

Dubai - Mahmoud and her colleagues in the UAE Capital will be working with healthcare professionals at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital in Ohio.

A team of eight nurses from Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has flown to the US to spend six weeks with caregivers on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nimeh Mahmoud, a nurse on the neurological intensive care team of the Abu Dhabi hospital, said that when she got the call asking whether she would be interested to volunteer in the US, she did not think twice. “I became a nurse to help people in need and give back to the community. So, when I was told that there was an opportunity to help my colleagues in the US, I could not refuse,” she added.

Mahmoud and her colleagues in the UAE Capital will be working with healthcare professionals at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital in Ohio.

Jennifer Yeckley, who is part of the wound and stomal care team at the Abu Dhabi hospital, said she would be sharing her experience and expertise in treating Covid-19 patients in the UAE with the US team.

“During the peak of the pandemic, we learnt a lot about the positioning of patients while they recovered. I’m looking forward to sharing that knowledge and learning more from my peers at Cleveland Clinic.”