before all making full recoveries.
It gave her an
and as a first responder.
“The conflict of our job was that we desperately wanted to help others but didn’t want to harm our families,” she said.
“We were under pressure, working 12-hour shifts and overtime.
“When there were critical cases and I saw a patient struggling to breathe, it felt like I was suffocating with them,” Ms Al Hammadi said.
A career in medicine and a commitment to help others was the Emirati’s childhood dream, and also her father’s wish.
But during her studies at Higher Colleges of Technology – Dubai Women’s College, her father died
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