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Dubai: Over three million people across the world have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet every single death leaves behind a story of loss and grief. When the numbers get too high, it gets harder to deal with each one of these deaths with the empathy and consideration it deserves, but there are some government employees in Dubai who have dedicated their days and nights to doing just that.
When the pandemic started affecting people in the UAE back in March 2020, Dubai formed the COVID-19 Command and Control Centre, to ensure that the emirate had everything in place to fight the pandemic, from all aspects of pandemic prevention and control.
How they work
The volunteer team establishes contact with the deceased individual’s families and assures them of their full support. The volunteer team provides moral and financial support to families of different cultures and faiths to expedite procedures related to the funeral.
One of the accomplishments of the team was to completely manage upon family request the funeral of a woman who died from COVID-19 in a private hospital in Dubai, In another case, the team fulfilled a request from the son of a deceased man to send him a photo of his father’s grave. The team has also received countless messages of appreciation from different people and organisations, including a message of gratitude from the Catholic community in the UAE.
Volunteers bring relief to families of COVID-19 victims in Dubai
01 Mar 2021
Gulf Today,
Staff Reporter
From completely managing the funeral of a woman who died from COVID-19, to fulfilling a request from the son of a deceased man to send him a photo of his father’s grave, a team of Dubai Government volunteers is doing everything possible to alleviate the suffering of the families who have lost their loved ones.
The team has received countless messages of appreciation from different people and organisations, including a message of gratitude from the Catholic community in the UAE.
The team has been working diligently to speed up procedures that need to be followed once a COVID-19 death occurs.
Covid: Dubai volunteers comfort families who lost a loved one
Team KT/Dubai Filed on March 1, 2021
File photo features Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, being briefed by Ahmed Huraimel, Iman Bin Touq and other members of the government volunteer team.
In one case, they made it a point to fulfil a man s wish of having a photo of his father s grave.
In Dubai, volunteers go above and beyond the call of duty to provide every kind of support in the time of Covid-19. But many do not know that in the city, when someone dies of Covid, the team does everything to offer comfort to grieving families.