Daijiworld Media Network - Thiruvananthapuram (SHP)

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 1: Dr Shifa M Mohammed is now the recipient of major appreciation after she picked her duty over getting married. A house surgeon, Dr Shifa was at the isolation ward of the Pariyaram medical college hospital in Kannur on Sunday, March 29 instead of preparing to get married to a Dubai based businessman. Rather than donning the bridal finery, the young anti-COVID-19 warrior donned the personal protection equipment (PPE). "Marriage can wait, not my patients, who are struggling for their lives in isolation wards," she told her groom and parents who readily agreed to her decision.

“In every girl’s, life wedding is an important event. But my daughter has put her social responsibility and professional commitment before her personal needs. When she suggested postponement of her wedding, we readily agreed to it,” said her father Mukkam Mohammed, a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party and LDF district convenor in Kozhikode.

“When we approached the groom Anus Mohammad, a businessman in Dubai, he also readily agreed to it. I am a social worker and my wife is a teacher. Both my daughters have imbibed this spirit from our social work,” Mohammed added.

The eldest daughter of the family is also a doctor and currently posted at the Kozhikode medical college hospital.

When asked on her decision, Dr Shifa said, “I did not do anything great. I only did my duty. There are many like me who postponed their personal engagements. I am only one among them."

"I always enjoy serving my patients," she added.

Recently the Kerala government converted Pariyaram medical college hospital in Kannur to a dedicated facility to treat coronavirus patients. While the state has reported two disease-related deaths, over 234 people have been placed in isolation wards.