Thread by @Yeabsram

#Covid19
My mom was ill for a couple of days and it became really serious yesterday. My families took her to a hospital yesterday for more tests and to put her on glucose since she wasn't eating very well. First they took her to Washington clinic, beds weren't available there..

they also had no oxygen at the time. So they took her to kadisco hospital, at kadisco there was neither a bed nor an oxygen at the time. They just put her on emergency since her oxygen level was dropping to 60%. So the next stop was Korea hospital, guess what no beds at..

korea Hospital either. So they had to take her to a fourth hospital Yerer Hospital. Okay you won't be surprised to hear this if you have been following the news about the shortage of bed and oxygen in town. So no bed and oxygen at Yerer Hospital either. In the meanitime...

my families were worried as hell. So finally they took her to Menelik hospital, surprisingly beds weren't available at Menelik hospital but oxygen was available. So they arranged for her a stretcher where she can sleep and get oxygen for the time being. so she spent the night..

there, later her test results showed she had #covid19 and an infection from a recent tooth removal. All of us were thankful for GOD and the immense help we got from the stuffs and Doctors at Menelik hospital. The biggest take away from all of this is, if you are ill in..

Addis ababa, be it covid or any other illness, you are likely not to get the immediate medical attention you need. The health system is stretched thin right now in #addisabeba. Be careful, wear your mask! Take all the necessary precautions, save yourself and your loved ones!

Finally thanks to God she is in a better condition now. Oww, one last thing to add she was asymptomatic all this time.

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