UAE response to Covid-19: A lesson in crisis management
A friend in Lebanon told me on Thursday that he had just bought an oxygen ventilator. It was sort of awkward. For a week he looked for it online and finally got one. It was delivered to his home shortly before I rang him. He paid $1600 for it. I thought it was a bit strange and asked if he was alright. He said yes, “but we will never know when I or my family need it.” He was afraid if he or his wife got the virus, they will not get the care they would need in any hospital. “There are extremely sick people who are being told to go home. They are being told the hospital is unable to help ...