BANTING: Three weeks after her daughter was diagnosed with tuberculosis, Azrinatul Abdul Rahman was faced with another challenge when the teen tested covid-19 positive.
Sadly, her only child, Nurul Atikah Kushaimi, 19, died at 2am yesterday after contracting the coronavirus on Wednesday.
"Nurul Atikah Kushaimi breathed her last at the Banting Hospital here, from a category four Covid-19 infection," said Azrinatul.
She said her daughter was admitted to the hospital on June 12 due to tuberculosis and was kept sedated for three weeks in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
However, when she was showing signs of improvement, doctors found that she had contracted Covid-19, from other patients at the hospital.
Even more unfortunate, Azrinatul also tested positive for Covid-19 the next day and did not have the opportunity to bid her daughter goodbye for the last time.
"Throughout Nurul's stay at in the hospital, I was by her side but after testing positive for Covid-19, I couldn't see her anymore ... It's sad to think what had transpired, but I accept all this as fate," she said today.
Recalling the last moments with her daughter who is also a member of the Civil Defence Force (APM), Azrinatul said after testing positive for Covid-19, the deceased looked sad and did not eat despite the food she requested being sent.
"The last time I saw her face was last Thursday when I sent food to her and said hello via WhatsApp. However after I tested positive my husband, Kushaimi Abdul Halim, 50, replaced me in sending food for her in the last few days.
"The deceased always asked (to communicate by phone) whenever I visited her at the hospital. The girl was scared and asked forgiveness from me.
"As a mother, I tried to appease her by telling her that she will return home once she was cured but sadly she's no more," Azlinatul said accepting her daughter's death as fate.
"The death of Nurul is a big loss for us, as she is the only child. Whatever it is I accept this as the will of Allah SWT," she said.
Azlinatul could not hold back tears recalling that her daughter hardly fell sick, and she was always cheerful and jovial.
"The deceased was very fond of extreme activities which prompted her to join the APM in Putrajaya.
"When she was first accepted to join the APM, she was very happy and enthusiastic in carrying out her duties.
"Alhamdulillah ... officers and friends from APM helped us with the funeral yesterday. We are grateful for their help," she said.