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HYDERABAD: They are not knights in shining armour, but silent warriors in PPEs guarding us from a pandemic. With not a minute to rest, they have been putting their lives on the line for over a year now to nurse us back to health.
Every year, May 12 is observed as International Nurses Day and it has assumed all the more significance ever since the pandemic broke out last year. With the rising Covid cases putting pressure on the city’s health infrastructure, nurses in several hospitals are holding the fort and making sure that all patients get the best possible care. We speak to some of them and bring to you their stories. Here are the Florence Nightingales of Hyderabad
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HYDERABAD: We are a little over a year into the pandemic and it has been established that Covid-19 has some long-term effects on the body rashes and blips on the skin, fatigue, hair loss and body pains.But of late, there has been a lot of talk on ‘Covid nails’. Social media is abuzz with posts warning netizens of some visible changes in the nails of patients in recovery. It all started when British epidemiologist and science writer Tim Spector recently posted a picture of a person’s finger nails bearing horizontal ridges and a red half moon at the tips.
Blending in the City of Pearls
He’s a crisp diplomat and she is a free spirit. He is an authority on climate change and sustainable development, while she is a skincare specialist and fashionista.
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HYDERABAD : He’s a crisp diplomat and she is a free spirit. He is an authority on climate change and sustainable development, while she is a skincare specialist and fashionista. In this candid and freewheeling chat, Turkish Consul General Adnan Altay Altinors and his ever so beautiful wife Kubra Altinors open up on everything from biryani to baklava and Falaknuma to Istanbul. It was 60 minutes of sheer delight to hang out with the Turks. Excerpts:
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HYDERABAD: Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.” Doesn’t this quote by American author Helen Keller take us down memory lane mom’s piping hot khichidi, grandmom’s spicy-tangy achaar and succulent mangoes peeled by dad on a lazy summer weekend? But a positive RT-PCR test can deprive you of reliving the nostalgia in seconds.
Ever since the pandemic broke out, all we’ve been hearing and reading about is immunity-boosting foods to help our bodies fight the virus. But no one’s telling us what to do when we contract the infection which compromises our sense of taste and smell. Though temporary (three-four weeks), imagine eating three meals a day without being able to experience our food in totality. The result is loss of appetite and mental agony, which adds to the existing frustration the pandemic has caused us.