{"id":1006,"date":"2020-12-16T19:39:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2020-12-16T19:39:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:39:53","slug":"cape-doctor-shares-his-covid-19-story-i-felt-the-pain-of-all-fathers-who-lost-their-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-doctor-shares-his-covid-19-story-i-felt-the-pain-of-all-fathers-who-lost-their-sons","title":{"rendered":"Cape doctor shares his Covid-19 story: &#8216;I felt the pain of all fathers who lost their sons&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town &#8211; The Western Cape Government is continuing its series of stories from the frontline where healthcare workers share their first-hand experience of battling Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Dr Ricardo Titus from False Bay Hospital, shared a personal story of treating a Covid-19 patient that affected him deeply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a young man who was brought in. He was on a ventilator. A man came with him, to ask about his well-being. I assumed it was his brother. I spoke to him and told him what had happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took him to this man, and said: \u2019This is your brother\u2019. I put his hand on the man\u2019s) chest and said: \u2019Feel his heart. His heart is still beating\u2019. The man placed his hand on my hand (and) at that moment said: \u2019This is my son\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single bit of my being ended that very moment,\u201d Titus said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt the pain of all fathers who lost their sons; all fathers who could lose their sons; all sons who are lost their fathers. And that is from Covid. Nothing else (just) Covid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCovid is preventable. Keep your distance wear your masks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Titus\u2019 story follows that of Dr Lauricia Bailey, the emergency medical officer at New Somerset Hospital, who addressed a false assumption among the public amid a resurgence in infections.<\/p>\n<p>\u2019\u2019What people don\u2019t understand is that they keep on saying we\u2019re the front line. We\u2019re not. We\u2019re pretty much the last line of defence,\u201c she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nothing that we can describe to anybody. It\u2019s something they have to see and I think what it is quite disappointing is that the public is not taking this seriously&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of 1pm on 15 December, the Western Cape has 24 485 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 157 348 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 127 687 recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Cape has also recorded 5176 deaths, and conducted 904 088 tests. 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