Health workers mentally broken, fatigued
Covid second wave has shaken them with rapid rise in patients and, more importantly, deaths despite their efforts
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Thiruvananthapuram Corporation health workers carrying a corpse to the electric furnace at Shanthikavadam crematorium which saw 19 reservations on Thursday. The staff there, including health authoriti
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KOCHI: It has been more than three months since Dr Nisam M last met his parents at his native place in Malappuram as the number of Covid patients has been rising in recent months after a lull earlier this year. He has been working at the Covid cell at the Ernakulam General Hospital for the last nearly 11 months.
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KOCHI: Phones are always buzzing at the newly-set up Covid war room in the Kochi Metro building near Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium at Kaloor. More than 50 people, including officials from district administration, doctors, and young volunteers, are monitoring and updating data on the availability of beds and oxygen supply in both government and private hospitals. The war room works round the clock and its members work in two shifts.
Eldhose, a post-graduate in social work, has been monitoring and handling patient data from hospitals in the district for the past six months. As we speak, his phone rings. A health official from a private hospital is calling up to update the admission of a new Covid patient.