{"id":13447,"date":"2021-12-20T21:07:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T20:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13447"},"modified":"2021-12-22T10:10:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T09:10:46","slug":"south-sudan-a-doctor-recalls-trauma-and-triumphs-with-covid-19-patients-testimony","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2021\/12\/20\/south-sudan-a-doctor-recalls-trauma-and-triumphs-with-covid-19-patients-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan: A doctor recalls trauma and triumphs with Covid-19 patients. Testimony"},"content":"\n  \n    \n      \nLori said that improvements in the infectious disease unit have made a significant difference&nbsp;\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n\u201cThis was a time when we ran out of resources\u2026It was unfortunate. We lost him,\u201d said the 34-year-old doctor, who works at the Dr. John Garang Infectious Disease Unit in Juba, the country\u2019s capital.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nSince April of last year, conditions have improved. The facility is now managed by International Medical Corps, a global humanitarian organization that equipped the facility with 60 extra beds, bringing its patient capacity to 84. The renovations also included a temperature-controlled dispensing pharmacy and a fully equipped laundry area to boost infection prevention and control measures.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n\u201cNot having the Dr. John Garang Infectious Disease Unit would have been a national disaster,\u201d said Lori, who hails from Kajo Keji in South Sudan\u2019s Central Equatoria State. He grew up without easy access to healthcare, having spent more than 15 years of his young life as a refugee in Uganda.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nLori said that improvements in the infectious disease unit have made a significant difference. Between April and June 2020, at the height of the pandemic in South Sudan, the recovery rate for Covid-19 patients was 75%. Between July and December 2020, the recovery rate improved to 89%.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe expansion of the infectious disease unit was the combined effort of the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, the World Food Program and International Medical Corps.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe African Development Bank Group also boosted South Sudan\u2019s efforts to fight the pandemic. In June 2020, the Group\u2019s African Development Fund approved a $4.2 million grant from its Transitional Support Facility. The grant fell under the framework of the Bank\u2019s Covid-19 Response Facility. The funding also enabled the successful installation of the country\u2019s first oxygen plant at Juba Teaching Hospital \u2014 a timely project to cater for critically ill Covid-19 patients.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe days are still tough in the wards of the country\u2019s only infectious disease unit. Lori said a typical shift is filled with emergencies and new arrivals.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n\u201cCovid patients are associated with a lot of stress\u2026so you find they are traumatized, they believe they are not going to survive,\u201d the Juba-trained doctor said. \u201cSome of them refuse to be put on oxygen because they think it is a sign they are going to die.\u201d\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nMany patients refuse to eat or resist being cleaned when they wet their beds. Some are terrified when they see doctors in head-to-toe protective gear, thinking it spells their end. \u201cYou need to be understanding,\u201d said Lori.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nBut he also has a good number of uplifting patient stories to share. For example, a 72-year-old man who was diabetic and hypertensive but managed to survive the deadly virus after a heavy regime of treatments. \u201cI am so happy that we were able to save him,\u201d said Lori. \u201cAnd he was able to say thank you for the support you have given me.\u201d\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nSource : APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).\n\n    \n  \n\n","author":15,"featured_media":13449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[1179,728,485,779,762,1182,771,632,1181,1180],"location":[905],"class_list":["post-13447","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-african-development-bank-group","tag-bank","tag-covid19-3","tag-health","tag-institution","tag-international-medical-corps","tag-ngo","tag-south-sudan","tag-world-food-program","tag-world-health-organization","location-sudan-2"],"short_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3J5bLjt","have_related_news":"","chapo":"<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Abe Manase Lori is haunted by the memory of a 45-year-old patient who succumbed to Covid-19 at the beginning of the pandemic in South Sudan.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","media":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/lit-hopital-urgence--550x360.png","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/lit-hopital-urgence--550x360.png 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"lit hopital urgence","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.56,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/lit-hopital-urgence--1170x658.png","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/lit-hopital-urgence--1170x658.png 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"lit hopital urgence","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.56,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South Sudan: A doctor recalls trauma and triumphs with Covid-19 patients. 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