• ARISE UAE and RAK Hospital collaborate to launch a holistic initiative for COVID long haulers
• Patients from across the globe can enroll and benefit from the program
• About 30% of COVID patients experience long-term debilitating aftereffects of the disease
ARISE UAE in association with RAK Hospital today launched the Middle East’s first ever comprehensive ‘Online COVID-19 Rehabilitation Program’, which will be offered to patients suffering from long COVID symptoms, completely free of cost. ARISE, the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, is a network of private sector entities led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 rehabilitation improves the health prospects of COVID-19 patients through optimizing health and functioning outcomes, facilitating early discharge and reducing the risk of re-admission.
After acute COVID-19 illness, recovered patients often continue to complain of chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, stress and anxiety, fatigue, body ache, cough, sore throat, difficulty in breathing, etc. Emerging evidence indicates that a majority of people who require hospitalization for COVID- 19 experience sequelae such as fatigue and shortness of breath in the months following their hospital discharge. Studies have also shown that the COVID causing SARS-COV-2 virus is likely to linger in the body, for many months. These problems have been described as ‘Long COVID’.
It is observed that about 30% of COVID patients experience long-term debilitating or painful aftereffects of the disease, that hamper their ability to even perform simple daily tasks. Since it’s a new disease, what we have learnt so far is that the symptoms can continue for 3-9 months and pose challenges for people experiencing it. It not only affects patients who were severely sick or hospitalized, but in many instances also impacted the ones who remained asymptomatic during the infection. The most common lingering symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, cough or abdominal pain.
Dr Raza Siddiqui, Executive Director, RAK Hospital, a multi-disciplinary hospital based in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE:
“It is an exclusive program for patients from across the globe. Nothing like this exists at the moment and we are extremely proud of our unique initiative which is supported and patronized by ARISE UAE. Ours is the only initiative providing an integrated and holistic approach to COVID recovery and rehabilitation, offered complimentary to all recovering patients.”
Dr. Mahmoud Burai, Chairman of UAE ARISE and Senior Advisor in Dubai Government:
“Our aim at ARISE UAE is to create safe and resilient communities while working towards saving lives. COVID-19 being the biggest disaster of our times, needed our immediate attention, therefore, we felt it was necessary for us to work on presenting a solution which can help the communities not only in this country, but worldwide as well. The RAK Hospital team had the required know-how to carry our vision forward, hence the concept is now a reality.”
Led by Arabian Wellness & Lifestyle Management, RAK Hospital’s wellness division, this comprehensive program combines the expertise of a multidisciplinary team comprising of physicians, nutritionists, psychologists and physiotherapists who have worked hard to develop and deliver this idea.
Prof. Adrian Kennedy, Chief Wellness Officer, Arabian Wellness & Lifestyle Management:
“RAK Hospital had introduced its physical post COVID recovery rehabilitation program last year. However, we wanted to extend our reach to larger communities and wider geographies, thus, to support the community in the comfort of their homes, we created our online COVID Rehab product which assesses the recovering COVID patients’ medical details, test results, co morbidities, symptoms, etc. and instantly makes available a comprehensive online COVID rehab health prescription for a speedy recovery, covering all areas including Medical, Exercise Activity, Nutrition & Diet, Stress and Mental wellbeing, etc.”
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