International Women’s Day: Tributes to gritty women who helped fight COVID-19 in Oman

International Women’s Day: Tributes to gritty women who helped fight COVID-19 in Oman

Muscat: Women medical professionals in Oman have shared their experiences on what it was like to help those who were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 as well as when they themselves were infected with the disease. On the occasion of International Women's Day, Times of Oman spoke to three women in the country who faced the pandemic…and won. Sobhi Ann John, Hospital employeeThe coronavirus, of course, does not distinguish between those who work in hospitals and those who are admitted there. After being blessed with a baby boy on 21 June, 2021, Sobhi Ann John contracted COVID a few days later, and tested positive for the virus on the 26th. While the other members of her family were able to shake off COVID with minor symptoms, the virus showed her little mercy: Just three days after undergoing her C-section to bring her little bundle of joy into the world, Sobhi, an employee of Al Hayat Hospital, was rushed back into intensive care where she spent 12 days alone, fighting a bitter battle against the dreaded disease. Even during her darkest hour, however, there was someone who did not leave her side. "It is often said that God comes to us