As 42-year-old Majeed Muhammad struggled with a severe bloodstream infection for 20 long days, he thought he wouldn't make it. He was diagnosed with acute meningococcemia, a deadly disease that has been around since the 1800s. Muhammad remembered going to Lifecare Hospital, Musaffah, feeling weak and in pain — made worse by a high fever that didn't subside with over-the-counter medicines. “I never had such fever. I was suffering from ...