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By Theolin Tembo 
3h ago
Cape Town – The Government of the Western Cape continues its series of stories from the front lines where healthcare workers share their first-hand experience in the fight against Covid-19.
This time, Dr. Ricardo Titus from False Bay Hospital, shared a personal story about the treatment of a patient with Covid-19 that affected him deeply.
“There was a young man who was brought. It was connected to a fan. A man came with him to ask about his welfare. I assumed it was his brother. I spoke to him and told him what had happened.
“I took him to this man and said, ‘This is your brother.’ I put his hand on the man’s chest and said, ‘Feel his heart. His heart still beats. ‘ The man put his hand on my hand (and) at that moment he said, ‘This is my son.’
“Every part of me ended in that very moment,” Titus said.
“I felt the pain of all the parents who lost their children; all parents who could lose their children; all the children who have lost their parents. And that’s from Covid. Nothing else (just) Covid. “
“Covid can be prevented. Keep your distance, wear your masks. “
Titus’s story follows that of Dr. Lauricia Bailey, New Somerset Hospital emergency medical officer, who addressed a false assumption among the public amid a resurgence of infections.
“What people don’t understand is that they keep saying that we are the front line. They were not. We are practically the last line of defense, ”he said.
“It is nothing we can describe to anyone. It’s something they have to do with it and I think what is quite disappointing is that the public is not taking this seriously … “
As of 1pm on December 15, the Western Cape has 24,485 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 157,348 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 127,687 recoveries.
The Western Cape has also recorded 5,176 deaths and carried out 904,088 tests. There are 1,872 hospitalizations, 283 of them in ICU or high care.
Cape Argus
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