Young Egyptian doctor Mohamed Mamdouh passed away after exhaustion made him sleep for 22 hours, and upon waking, his family found him dead. However, 21 days before his death, Mamdouh mentioned that he couldn't feel his mother trying to wake him due to the fatigue he had been experiencing for some time. He wrote in a tweet, "I slept for 22 hours out of exhaustion, and my mother came in, placed her hand on my heart, found a pulse, reassured herself, and left. The first time, I didn’t feel her." He added that when his mother entered his room again, she was perplexed because she could not tell whether his heart was beating or not. However, he sensed her presence, woke up to her whispering, opened his eyes, hugged her, and told her not to worry, saying, "I’m still alive." He noted that he needed that hug very much and was surprised that she did that often, acknowledging that he had never seen the same kind of fear for their safety as his mother had.
The University of Minya and the Faculty of Medicine issued a statement recently mourning the sudden death of young doctor Mohamed Mamdouh, an assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, who died unexpectedly at home due to cardiac arrest. The Egyptian Medical Syndicate also issued a statement mourning the doctor on Monday evening.
A wave of sadness swept social media after an old post featuring Dr. Mohamed Mamdouh, a resident doctor in the gynecology department at the university hospital, circulated, depicting his mother's concern after he had slept for 22 hours due to work fatigue, and her checking his pulse out of fear.
Dr. Hossam Shawky, the dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Minya, stated that Dr. Mohamed Mamdouh, an assistant lecturer in the obstetrics and gynecology department at Minya University Hospital who suddenly passed away due to cardiac arrest, was buried in his hometown of Samalout on Monday evening. He was 28 years old, a faculty member, a resident in obstetrics and gynecology, one of the most noble, dedicated, and skilled doctors in his field, who never hesitated to serve patients. He treated everyone with utmost kindness and love and responded immediately to emergency calls, day or night, noting that he had never seen anyone with such morals.
