Nurses who moved the front line / from Corona to two imposed wars

Perhaps the first time that the eyes of the society stared at the astonishing dimensions of their sacrifice, it was the breathtaking days of Corona.

Eastern Jihad and Resistance Service - Perhaps the first time that the eyes of the society stared at the astonishing dimensions of their sacrifice, it was the breathtaking days of Corona; The days when the corridors of the infectious department of the hospital had become the scariest place in the world, but these white people remained in danger; A danger that still continues to this day, but its form has changed; Now that the heavy shadow of war and rubble was over the heads of hospitals and patients, they still stood.

This report is a narrative of the inflammatory and heavy days of the two recent imposed wars, which showed that the front line for this group is not a geography but any point that needs salve and salvation.

What happened in the two 12-day and 40-day wars was nothing but the nurses' zeal and commitment to the responsibility they accepted. An issue that statistics also confirm and according to the announcement of the head of the nursing system organization, in the 12-day war and the third imposed war, 16 white men of the nursing community were martyred; Five martyrs in the first war and 11 martyrs in standing against the aggression that was imposed on the country for the third time, but perhaps the most surprising indicator to measure their commitment and sacrifice was a brief review of their absenteeism or desertion rate; A statistic that reached less than half a percent at the peak of insecurity and danger.

In a situation where even the home of the medical staff was exposed to direct damage from the attacks or they were struggling with extreme fatigue for months, no corridor was left empty and no wounded person was left unattended to prove that nursing is not an administrative job for these people; They stand by their decision and choice with their hearts.

What is the first instinctive reaction against explosion and collapse and breaking and crushing? Naturally, fleeing and taking refuge in a safe place; There was no sign of it in the CCTV images of Tehran's Khatam-ul-Anbia hospital that were circulated on social networks. At 11:40 on Sunday, March 10th, with a strong wave of explosion caused by a rocket hitting the hospital, the windows shattered and the false ceilings collapsed, but on the top floor of the building, Neda Salimi, a nurse in the neonatal ward, was sitting at her desk and writing the shift report. Three babies who were born only an hour ago and their mothers were still sleeping on the beds under the recovery room when the explosion occurred. The CCTV video shows us how the ward nurse got up in a fraction of a second and separated the vital signs measurement tubes and in a miraculous move, she hugged two babies with one hand and the third baby with the other hand. He ran up the stairs to the shelter, divided them among his colleagues so that the terrified babies would calm down a little in the height of darkness and the walls shaking.

Later, in front of the tears and astonishment of public opinion, he said a golden sentence that remained memorable in this period of the country's history: "At the moment of the bombing, I only asked God to give me a few more minutes to deliver these children to their mothers; After that, if he wanted, he could take my life."

But the story of the sacrifice of the country's nurses was not limited to the capital. In Khuzestan and at the same time as the heavy attacks on Ahvaz and Sosangard, scenes were created that surprised the officials of the health system. In those days of the attacks, in less than a few hours, more than a hundred seriously wounded and shrapnel patients entered the emergency room of the hospitals. The nurses of Khuzestan worked without rest, in endless shifts, and handled such a crisis that according to the participants of those events, in less than six hours, all the injured were organized and assigned tasks. This dedication went so far that even veterans and retired nurses volunteered to come to the hospitals, which increased the speed of the treatment staff significantly.

One of the rural areas in the south of the country also has a first-hand narrative to tell; A different story was recorded about the continuation of the service. With the start of conflicts and the intensification of threats, the nurse of one of the health homes in the southern regions gave her children to her friends so that she could be present at the only health home in the region. This was despite the fact that, perhaps due to the war conditions, the volume of patients had been reduced to a minimum, but he traveled the long way from home to the health center every day so that the health center would not be closed; So that the patient does not need his help and care and face closed doors!

Naming the nurses one by one, some of whose sacrifices were seen more than others, are only a few drops from the infinite sea of dedication of the medical staff. Have you seen the pictures of Gandhi Hospital explosion in the 40-day war? How are they trying to move panicked patients to another safe place? In fact, behind these few names that we have heard in the media these days, there are thousands of unknown faces that were not recorded by any media camera; The nurses who carried sick patients in the dark at night with the power outage and the sound of airplanes and shouted for their colleagues to hurry up; Don't be late for a moment and the irreparable result will be left behind; He should not be late and his work should be over and his sadness will remain with a nurse forever.

Stretchers were pushed through the dusty corridors and ventilated patients were carried to ambulances to be taken to a safer hospital. The fact is that the surgeon who did not stop heart surgery despite the risk of a direct hit, or the nurse who heard the news of her house being destroyed, but did not give up the patient's angiocyte, are not legends. Iran has many of these people; The hands that unclaimedly carry the heaviest burden of the homeland in the most difficult turns of history, which is one of the most sensitive these days.