By Mikaela Koulle
Many are the stories of patients that unfolded behind the closed doors of the covid wards in hospitals during a pandemic.
His own shocking experience as a volunteer doctor who offered his services in covid wards in public hospitals was shared by Dr. Marios Kyriazis, Specialist Pathologist Gerontologist, via the Cyprus Times.
As described in the Cyprus Times by Dr. Kyriazis, Dr. Marios Kyriazis is one of the first doctors in the Cyprus Times. Kyriazis, he used to travel to Larnaca Hospital as a volunteer doctor, examining patients and keeping company with people who were lonely and in need.
"The moments in the covid wards really were something I will not forget. Patients were desperate for help and company. Many times because of their condition they could not drink water, move around or even asked for company by sending me messages since visiting hours were forbidden," he says.
In addition to the physical exhaustion they felt, patients often needed a good conversation, Dr. Kyriazis says.
"The hours in the covid wards are difficult and many patients wanted company, somewhere to talk. I believe that the visitation ban contributed to the psychological burnout of patients, something that had to be taken into account by the relevant services. They did not have a relative or a person who could give them courage. I sat there and kept them company," he says."
The highlight, as Dr. Kyriazis says, was patients who sent him real messages of despair, in a very bad psychological state, asking him for help because they could not stand the loneliness in the wards.
Finally, he explained that the medical and nursing staff did their best to take care of the patients, but sometimes this was not enough to keep up with the workload and the enormous demands of a ward accommodating people with coronavirus.
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