A Sudanese university professor recovers at a hospital in Ras Al Khaimah. AL KHALEEJ
A Sudanese university professor is facing a difficult recovery and a Dh148,800 hospital bill after a car crash in Ras Al Khaimah killed her husband and left her with severe injuries.
The 51-year-old woman, identified as N.A., has been bedridden for about a month and a half following the accident on July 9, according to a recent report by Al Khaleej newspaper.
Her husband was driving her to work when he suffered what she described as a sudden heart attack and lost control of the vehicle, which then crashed into a wall.
N.A. suffered fractures to her pelvic, both legs and feet and her right hand. She has undergone nine surgeries and is currently unable to work.
The accident has also left her facing the financial responsibility of supporting the family following her husband’s death. “I came to the UAE in 2023, and I was working in Sudan as a university professor specialising in artificial intelligence and technology, while I now work in a private school and a charitable one in RAK,” N.A. said.
“I have been bedridden for a month and a half due to the accident that occurred on the morning of July 9, 2026, while I was on my way to school accompanied by my husband who was driving after arriving from the Netherlands, and then he lost control of the steering wheel following a sudden heart attack he suffered, causing the vehicle to collide with a wall,” she said.
Before the crash, N.A. had been working toward furthering her academic career and was preparing to apply for a PhD in computer science, artificial intelligence and statistics.
She said she had also been working in data analysis at a private school in the mornings on a reward basis and teaching at a charitable school in the evenings.She was only a month or two away from discussing and pursuing her PhD plans when the accident changed those plans.
The hospital where she received treatment is seeking payment of Dh148,800 in medical fees, adding to the family’s financial burden.
N.A. said she and her family had come to the UAE during a particularly difficult period in Sudan.“We came to the UAE when we were at the peak of weakness, poverty, and need, due to the situation in the Sudan, and we found all the welcome and love, as the UAE opened its doors to us and provided us with education, health, and other basic services and care, as my sons and daughter study for free,” she said.
The woman’s situation was highlighted following a visit by Al Khaleej newspaper, accompanied by Mahra Sarai, chairperson of the Basmat Emirates Association for Chronic and Humanitarian Diseases in Ras Al Khaimah. ICA/Expat Media
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