A Saudi doctor attending the Saudi-American Healthcare Forum (SAHF) said he could hardly believe he is still alive after suffering a car crash in 1991.
“I’m sharing my experience to give hope to those who are similarly situated. If I had been hopeless after I was told I could never recover I won’t be here,” said Dr. Abdul Aziz M. Al-Dosari.
Al-Dosari, who walks with the help of a cane, is the director of scholarship at the Dispatch Department of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA), where he is happy and enjoying his job.
Not only that. He was also able to receive two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. from the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.
But recovering and studying for postgraduate degrees had been made possible due to the help of the Saudi government.
“I’d like to thank the Saudi government and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif who helped me in my treatment and education ,” he said.
Al-Dosari, who is participating in the SAHF at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, had a car crash in Wadi Dawaser in 1991. He could hardly move as a result. He was paraplegic.
He said that because of the help he received, he not only recovered and studied but also lived a normal life and raised a family.
“With the generosity of the government, I am now a happy husband, father of five children and living a normal life while working for a living,” he said.
He also thanked Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, SCRA president, and Dr. Rashed Al-Eed who gave him the chance to work at the SRCA.
He said that he was 24 when he graduated from King Fahd Security College. That was also the day when he had the accident. He was driving and fell asleep due to fatigue and the car crash took place.
He was airlifted to a military hospital in the Saudi capital some 700 km away.
“I was conscious but could not move. I had no control over my body,” he told Arab News on the sidelines of the SAHF forum on Monday.
He said a doctor at the military hospital told him that he could never walk again.
“He also told me that I won’t be able to sire children. It was very depressing,” he said.
He said that he was wheelchair-bound for two years and with a loan from a bank and help from the government, he went for treatment to the Czech Republic.
“After six months I came back. I could already walk and went to the hospital to see the doctor who said I won’t be able to recover. He was shocked,” he said.
Paraplegic recovers to tells his story
Paraplegic recovers to tells his story
KSrelief transfers Gaza girl to Jordan for cancer treatment
- Roza Al-Dreimli in Jordan because Israel destroyed Gaza hospitals
- Under assessment, monitoring at the King Hussein Cancer Center
AMMAN: A cancer-stricken Palestinian girl from Gaza is now undergoing clinical observation prior to treatment at a specialist hospital in Jordan, thanks to Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief.
Roza Al-Dreimli was transported to Amman from the Gaza Strip through the initiative of KSrelief, as a part of Saudi Arabia’s continued medical support for Palestinians, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.
Al-Dreimli was prioritized because assessments indicated the need for advanced treatment of cancerous cells at the base of her brain. She is at the King Hussein Cancer Center, and being treated by a team of pediatricians.
She is currently undergoing “intensive clinical monitoring” to “ensure control of the condition, and prevent any potential neurological or visual complications resulting from the tumor’s location,” the SPA reported.
Al-Dreimli’s family expressed profound gratitude for KSrelief’s swift intervention, and hoped the specialized care would ensure a full recovery.
Such specialized care is currently unavailable in the Gaza Strip because of Israel’s alleged genocidal destruction of hospitals and killing of medical workers since Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel has systematically destroyed homes and commercial buildings and infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave, killing over 70,000 Palestinians, many of them unarmed men, women and children, and injuring more than 170,000.
Tel Aviv has stated that its actions were in retaliation to a raid by Hamas of Israeli border villages, during which the militant group reportedly killed more than 1,200 people and took 254 hostages.
