'I met women barely surviving, eating one meal of boiled leaves a day,' said the aid agency chief
africa9 hours ago
Healthcare workers at a private hospital are spreading the message of safety and sustainability with their unique Christmas celebrations.
Promoting the 3Rs of sustainability - reduce, reuse and recycle - frontliners at Burjeel Hospital in Dubai have decorated the entire facility with defective and recycled items.
More than 100 staff from over 24 departments decked up the hospital premises with defective masks, gloves, personal protective equipment and syringes, empty vaccine vials, recycled tissue papers, plastic cups and medicine bottles, used x-ray films and CDs etc.
ALSO READ:
They also created Christmas trees, Santa Claus, cribs and stars, which the staff said was a novel and satisfying experience of reaching out to the community during the celebrations.
The emergency department decorated a Christmas tree using defective gloves collected from all the departments and empty vaccine vials rolled with bandages and empty intravenous infusion bottles and tubes. Santa Claus was made with paper rolls and recycled jackets.
Alayka Mae Guinid, a nurse at the emergency department, noted that it was a “special and meaningful” celebration by using medical devices.
“Our celebration and decorations are based on two themes: safe and responsible celebration, and 3Rs of sustainable living. Instead of throwing away the defective items, the decision to use them for Christmas arrangements is to show the importance of these in our lives at this period. Also, ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ is important in our daily lives. Even though some medical items are not reusable, many things in our everyday lives could be. To spread that message is the only aim of this initiative,” the Filipino nurse said.
The nursing team made a bow for Santa using defective masks, angles with syringes and an attractive snowman using plastic glasses and broken spoons. The radiology department used old CDs to form a tree and star, and damaged PPE kits were converted into a man’s shape to show the efforts of the frontliners during the pandemic. The physiotherapy department made a tree using dumbbells.
Lama Abd Elsamad, nurse, radiology department, said, the cohesive effort has helped to bolster teamwork and spread festive joy.
“This year, due to the novel decorations, the celebrations have become memorable. Collecting defective and unusable items and arranging old stuff to create decorations were exciting. We gave responsibilities to different team members and made an effort to give minute details to the decorations,” the Syrian nurse said and hoped the initiative would inspire patients and community members.
The medical team got good support from patients as well, with some of them participating in the arrangements and sharing custom-made Christmas cards and wishes to decorate the hospital.
'I met women barely surviving, eating one meal of boiled leaves a day,' said the aid agency chief
africa9 hours ago
Leaders Liverpool travel to bottom-of-the-table Southampton on Sunday
football9 hours ago
Drivers were also advised to follow reduced speed limits displayed on electronic information boards
weather10 hours ago
The UAE is likely to host India's matches because of its proximity to Pakistan
cricket10 hours ago
Netanyahu's office said the person was an envoy of Chabad, an Orthodox Jewish organisation with chapters around the world
mena10 hours ago
It's time for one of my toughest opponents to step into my corner, said Djokovic
sports11 hours ago
The legendary band will feature in the MDLBeast Soundstorm 2024 festival that also includes American rapper Eminem and a host of other stars
entertainment11 hours ago
The Israeli military said it was looking into the claim
mena11 hours ago