WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT OF JBMS
Dear Colleagues,
After four enthralling years, I am saddened to say that this issue will be my last issue with you as the
President of JBMS, as my amazing journey with Bahrain Medical Society is coming to an end. For
the past couple of years, I set out on a mission to give my best to you and make JBMS stand out, and
it fills me with pride to see how far we’ve come as a team.
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For me personally, I wanted to take this opportunity to cordially thank each and every one of
you, especially the Editor-in Chief, Dr Rana Al Ghatam, the Board of Editors and JBMS Team in
HealthMinds for the fantastic job they have been doing. Their excellence, determination, and hard
work truly made the difference, helping JBMS run smoothly and achieve the trust of the medical
community both in the Kingdom of Bahrain and internationally.
I am proud to say, that this team, our team, went above and beyond my expectations, and I am a firm
believer that we would have never achieved all of what we sought out to without the astounding
dedication of each and every member of the team.
Now, and as I leave my office as President, I look back proudly at an amazing group of people,
who I am pleased to have shared years of experience with; confident that there are still plenty of
achievements lined up for years to come. To each one of you, keepon excelling, and I will be delighted
to hear about your successes from time to time.
What a journey it has been! I am truly thankful, grateful and honored to have worked with such
wonderful people.
I wish you and JBMS all the best, and to all of you I say, “be well, do good work, and continue to
advance”
Dr. Ghada Al Qassim
President
Journal of The Bahrain Medical Society
MESSAGE FROM THE DESK OF THE CHIEF EDITOR
Dear Colleagues,
Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society (JBMS) provides an important forum to address critical issues
in the health field in Bahrain. It reflects the local clinical findings in different aspects of both dental
and medical specialties and disseminates knowledge in basic research. Despite the continuation of
the COVID-19 pandemic, we are very proud with the increased numbers of submissions of good
quality research. In this issue, we are pleased to share with you a wide variety of topics starting with
four excellent COVID-19 related research studies that were conducted in the main district hospitals
in Bahrain.
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The research studies range from presentation of the clinical features of the first cohort
of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Bahrain to description of the factors affecting admission
of the COVID-19 patients to ICU. Another interesting article demonstrates the use of non-invasive
ventilation as an alternative to invasive ventilation in COVID-19 patients. Management of health
education during the pandemic is also explored in this issue emphasizing the importance of online
or distance learning programs. We also present a few rare case reports in this issue such as gastric
adenocarcinoma in a young adult female and giant renal angiomyolipoma.
We hope JBMS will become the primary platform for researchers to share findings and discuss
all aspects of health in the development of future innovations that will benefit our community. An
enormous amount of work has been done towards the development of this journal in the past years.
On behalf of the editorial board, I would like to thank Dr. Ghada Al Qassim, the president of JBMS,
for her invaluable guidance and for her constant support and encouragement to improve the quality
of the journal. Big thanks to the Board of Directors of BMS for their leadership during the past years.
Finally, I would like to thank all authors, reviewers and contributors of JBMS for their continued
efforts aimed to improve the journal recognition and quality even further.
Dr Rana Al-Ghatam
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society
Message From BMS Board of Directors
During this Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,
you — our selfless doctors, are spending long hours assisting
those in need and are on the front lines combating the disease in our community.
We want to showcase you and thank you for the hard work you do every day.
Society wouldn’t be safe without you.
“We owe you a great debt, and we will never forget your services.”
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Dr. Ghada Al Qassim
President
BMS
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Editor-in-Chief
JBMS
