KARACHI: An event was organized by the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) to pay tribute to the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff who treat the infected patients by putting their own lives at risk during the coronavirus.
The special event held today which was specially arranged to condole the death of a staff nurse who lost her life to COVID- 19 while serving the coronavirus patients.
A frontline workers team member, Ambreen Khalid was serving as a staff nurse in the dedicated ward of COVID-19 of SIUT and passed away on Sunday last.
Director SIUT Professor Adib Rizvi said that the role played by our front line doctors and paramedical staff in the war against Coronavirus is commendable. He expressed his heartfelt condolences to the member of the bereaved family.
While recounting Ambreen services he said that the dedication and devotion of Ambreen towards her duty was exemplary.
Prof Rizvi described her as an enthusiastic worker. He said, “Like elsewhere those who are working in the SIUT have the same fear with the menace of COVID-19 but being the true professionals the team members are combating this pandemic emergency with zeal and dedication”.
He said that when the COVID- 19 broke out in the country, the SIUT responded to the situation and immediately formed a team in mid-March earlier this year and took the initiative of providing free of cost quality care to the COVID-19 patients.
Matron Staff Nurse of SIUT, Shehnaz Kausar in her tributes to Ambreen said she was an outstanding worker who came to SIUT with excellent academic background and later on excelled in all her professional exams.
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