Shattered Dreams: Covid-19 Kills Aspiring Young Medical Student 

WEB DESK: Ever since the novel coronavirus has broken out in Pakistan, the cases of medical practitioners getting infected by it have surfaced too. Many doctors, who are the frontline warriors in the battle against the pandemic virus, have been infected and succumbed to it too.

The cries of the dearth of safety equipment for doctors have resonated along as well.

One such fatality was 23-year-old Adnan Haleem who was still a third-year student at Khyber Medical College (KMC) in Peshawar. The deceased was close to accomplish his goal of becoming a doctor and to serve humanity.

Unfortunately, nature had other plans and a tragic ending for aspiring doctor-to-be.

The family members told about Adnan that he passed his intermediate examinations from Mingora College in Swat with flying colors.He secured the first position in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Swat (BISES) and got 993 marks. Adnan’s father, Haleem Khan, said that it was one of the most cherishing points in his son’s life.

The deceased then aimed for becoming a doctor and got enrolled in KMC.

Adnan had four siblings including two brothers and two sisters and he was the second youngest among them.

Being a bright student, he was revered among his friends and family. Haleem Khan, the deceased’s father, told News360 that Adnan wanted to become a medical practitioner since childhood and wanted to serve humanity.

He worked onerous duties during the coronavirus peak too but ultimately fell prey to the deadly virus amid saving others.

Adnan’s friends from school and university as well as his hostel roommates are in a state of shock and sadness.

His colleagues said that the young victim was not only an intelligent person but he was kind of a human who wanted to live an aimful life.“For Adnan, nothing in life was difficult or impossible”, they added and lamented that he passed away at a very young age.

Meanwhile, the coronavirus situation in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is worsening every day.

The cases are rising during the second wave and some 22 doctors across the province have so far succumbed to the contagious virus.

The people, however, are still not taking it as seriously as they should owing to which an open disregard to the precautionary guidelines is being practiced.

The lack of facilities for the medical practitioners, who are the frontline warriors in the battle against the prowling virus, has left many professionals concerned too.

The government must ensure the provision of safety equipment to the staff deployed to look after infected patients.

Or else, it could not be presumed how many more lives of medical practitioners would the pandemic virus claim.