Dearborn nurse loses father to COVID-19 at same hospital
DEARBORN โ Hamid Alkhalili is a nurse at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn and has seen the devastation from the coronavirus pandemic up close -- but it did little to prepare him for when his father tested positive for the virus and became a patient. PREVIOUS: Dearborn nurse documents fatherโs battle with COVID-19 at same hospitalโOur family as a whole, we feel broken about it,โ Alkhalili said. โBut this has brought us together.โAlkhalili and his brother, Abdallah, had been pulling for their father, Issa, every step of the way as he fought against COVID-19. Due to COVID precautions, Alkhalili had to witness his fatherโs illness through a small window on the hospital room door. He went through almost a month in the hospital, and he was a strong one, not us,โ Alkhalili said.
Dearborn nurse documents fatherโs battle with COVID-19 at same hospital
DEARBORN โ A 63-year-old man has been at the Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn for more than a week battling COVID-19. It has been extremely hard on his family, especially his son who works as a nurse at the same hospital. โFirst it started off with chills, body fatigue and it just kind of attacked his lungs,โ said registered nurse Hamid Alkhalili. โIโm a nurse at the hospital, but unfortunately the hospital at this time has a no-visitor policy. Alkhalili also wanted to shed light on all of the frontline workers at hospitals taking care of others.