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Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab

44 replies

Devlesko · 04/04/2020 13:24

This is the name of the poor boy who died on his own and will have no family to attend his funeral.

My heart goes out to his family and I don't want him to be just another statistic.
I don't know him or his family, but it's heartbreaking to imagine their pain.
I want people who have lost dear ones to know that others are thinking of them, and sympathise.
Sending my heartfelt sympathy to all the parents who have lost a child.

If you know somebody or want to add to this, please do, so they don't go unheard of or forgotten.

May you RIP Ismail Thanks

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Shehz21 · 04/04/2020 14:03

RIP IsmailFlowers

LoveSummerLife · 04/04/2020 14:20

I’m not sure what to write, it’s heartbreaking, but like you OP I think they deserve acknowledgement.

Your child dying alone is the absolute worst things that could happen, at least he would have been unaware and not scared like Jessica Urbano (died in Grenfell) and Julian Cadman (Barcelona terror attack).

It must be unbelievably hard for his family, my heart goes out to them and to the family of the Portuguese boy where presumably the same rules about no contact apply.
And also the kids of those two nurses who have died from this virus, now growing up without their mums because they cared enough to help others Flowers

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 04/04/2020 14:23

I've been thinking about him and his poor mum a lot.

We have a boy about the same age, who is vulnerable. It's just unthinkable, I'm so sad for his family. And, Ismail's siblings have it too.

I am heart sore for them all.

CloudsCanLookLikeSheep · 04/04/2020 14:31

That's the worst thing if you fall seriously ill with CV... dying alone.
Bad enough for an adult but for a child....

sqirrelfriends · 04/04/2020 14:32

Poor mite, I hope at least he had a kind nurse or doctor to comfort him. I've been thinking about him and his family a lot.

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 04/04/2020 14:33

He wasn't alone, he will have had someone from the ward with him. People are not left to die alone in the NHS, it can happen if it is sudden, but a child in ITU would have 1:1 monitoring all the time - he had someone with him who cared for him and made him comfortable.

Wasn't his mum, though

Satonloo · 04/04/2020 14:35

RIP sorry you had to die alone. No child should ever have to die alone Flowers

UnicornRace · 04/04/2020 14:42

RIP Ismail Flowers

Bonnieonthelam · 04/04/2020 14:44

RIP Ismail, thinking of his family everyday. In fact every person I’ve read about I think about them too 💖

twinnywinny14 · 04/04/2020 14:55

Whilst those are sad stories and horrible cases, including the nurses, unfortunately they are just the ones we know about. There are thousands of other families grieving without being able to comfort each other or attend funerals at this time. It is heartbreaking to think about the enormity of this, and we are nowhere near finished with this yet

Goawayquickly · 04/04/2020 14:57

It’s tragic, I believe his siblings have symptoms now so no family at his funeral which is desperately sad

unhappyclap · 04/04/2020 14:57

Rest in perfect peace Ismail. I can't imagine what his mother is going through right now.

BrokenBrit · 04/04/2020 15:01

May he rest in peace.
Utterly heartbreaking.
Please take a tiny bit of comfort he won’t have been alone though, he will have been surrounded by such caring people, who will have held his hand and felt deep sorrow at his passing.

Tulipvase · 04/04/2020 15:15

I don’t really understand why at least one person couldn’t be with him? Presumably the staff with him were allowed to go home at the end of their shift?

The80sweregreat · 04/04/2020 15:21

It's so sad. Words are not enough.
My heart goes out to his family.
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Gingerkittykat · 04/04/2020 15:30

RIP Ismail, my heart goes out to his family right now.

Hopefulmama34 · 04/04/2020 15:41

RIP Ismail 💔 I cannot imagine the sheer hell his family must be experiencing right now, my heart breaks for them and that poor boy.

twinnywinny14 · 04/04/2020 15:48

@Tulipvase his family would not have been allowed to the hospital as they need to self isolate

maxbabi · 04/04/2020 15:54

This death and the young mum who was a nurse has hit me hard. I feel so angry, sad and helpless all at the same time.
I cant imagine the pain

Parsley1234 · 04/04/2020 15:56

His father had died 5 years ago reported this morning bless his heart ❤️

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ilovemydogandmrobama2 · 04/04/2020 16:09

Read that his family aren't able to go to his funeral as his siblings are showing signs of Covid 19. Sad

His mother must be distraught.

Noooblerooble · 04/04/2020 16:31

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-london-52150141

I'm hoping some of the mourners seen in the second photo here were family members. Also it's my understanding that Muslim funerals are typically only attended by men. Mums, wives etc do stay at home. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm not thinking this is anything other than a terrible tragedy and I am thinking of him and his family so much but the photo of the people attending his funeral might at least help some people who have been very distressed by this. The idea of such a sparse funeral is awful.

Gingerkittykat · 04/04/2020 16:35

Those conspiracy theories about people not dying pop up in every kind of disaster ie school shootings or terrorist attacks. In one of them, they posted a picture of an almost identical surviving sibling as proof the child did not die.

coconuttelegraph · 04/04/2020 16:45

That tweet doesn't show that children aren't dying just that idiots on the internet can mock up any kind of “news” story. It happens all the time.