{"id":61456,"date":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61456\/lebanese-man-fighting-covid-asks-for-shawarma-in-the-icu"},"modified":"2023-05-23T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:59:38","slug":"lebanese-man-fighting-covid-asks-for-shawarma-in-the-icu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61456\/lebanese-man-fighting-covid-asks-for-shawarma-in-the-icu\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Man Fighting COVID Asks For Shawarma In The ICU"},"content":{"rendered":"A hilarious message posted by a medical intern on Twitter has given us a much needed giggle during these trying times.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday, we extubated an ICU patient who has been intubated for about a month due to COVID. Today, being on BiPAP, there was only one thing he needed to express, through writing: <br>&#8220;Chicken Shawarma&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LJBj6bBNWn\">pic.twitter.com\/LJBj6bBNWn<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Hussein (@bertussisMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bertussisMD\/status\/1357975998780887040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  After being intubated and in the ICU for around a month, a patient passed his doctors a very important note asking for&#8230;you guessed it, shawarma djej or, chicken shawarma!<br \/>  <br \/>  Our love and respect to the amazing medical teams at the heart of this battle. We are wishing everyone who is currently ill a speedy recovery. 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