The holy month of Ramadan is widely celebrated around the world and across various professions. Doctors and other healthcare professionals are no exceptions to this celebration. However, doctor’s and surgeons fasting during Ramadan feels safe to perform surgery and it never harms a patient due to such clinician fasting. Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan has various effects across the wide range of working individuals, right from spiritual to the physical.
In such settings, the role of doctors, surgeons, and other health workers hold crucial importance as they are responsible for their patient’s life and even minor distraction can lead to unfavorable outcomes. In this regard, Dr. Nayzak Raoof, chief medical officer at Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery in Dubai , has shared his 30 years’ experience of fasting during Ramadan where he has never encountered any patient being…
