February 2023
Afrah
Zaki
,
RN
PODC
King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam
Dammam
Saudi Arabia
She purchased the medicine from her own pocket and had it delivered via DHL.
Miss Afrah is an excellent example of what people in the nursing field should strive to be. Her professionalism and compassion for patient care are truly impressive and are noticed among not only her colleagues but the physicians, patients, and family in our department. Her ever-present smile and daily pleasant disposition can make your worst day pleasurable. This nurse has touched many lives and will touch many lives and help speed any recovery in the paediatric population. She learned that an underprivileged family was unable to bear the cost of treatment for their daughter with a diagnosis of leukemia. When the mother found out that the cost of the treatment and non-availability in the region, the mother collapsed. Consequently, Afrah called and followed up with different institutions in Saudi and finally a pharmacy from Jeddah has it. She purchased the medicine from her own pocket and had it delivered via DHL. The child's treatment arrived and was commenced timely.