Home care gains ground in UAE as hospitals are ‘no-go’ amid coronavirus

Home care gains ground in UAE as hospitals are ‘no-go’ amid coronavirus

Home health care is gaining ground in the UAE as many licensed healthcare staff is now catering to patients' needs right at their doorstep, amid the Covid-19 scare.. Home care nurses, aides and attendants are taking on the difficult and potential risk of caring for patients who not only need palliative care or physiotherapy but under certain special conditions are even catering to outpatient care.. We availed the 'Lab At Home' service by Aster, where an attendant following all hygiene protocols came to our apartment's lobby to take my husband's blood samples.. Emirati Sherifa has been availing the country's home care services for her driver who suffered a stroke this January.. Two nurses from Prime hospital come in different shifts to take care of him completely, as he is almost immobile.". Sherbaz Bichu, CEO of Aster Hospitals UAE, said: "It is our moral responsibility being part of the healthcare sector to provide feasible and easy access of healthcare and home care services to all.. Home care services are especially useful when medicine refills are required or for palliative care or physiotherapy.. Our home care service is relatively new in Dubai but our Wahat al Aman Home health care in Abu