Senior resident doctor, Zahid Abdul Majeed at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) risked his life in order to save a COVID-19 patient. The patient was headed to the hospital’s trauma centre on 7 May and whilst in the ambulance, his condition grew more critical which is when Dr Zahid stepped in. In order to re-intubate the patient, Zahid had to remove his PPE (face shield and goggles).
He advised other healthcare professionals not to take this as an example to follow and strictly use PPE’s. It was when he was in the ambulance and the transfer was happening, he realised that the patient’s tube was wrongly positioned and if not immediately corrected would make them go into a cardiac arrest.