by Yawar Hussain SRINAGAR: The ongoing Covid19 pandemic has exposed the disparity in the helath infrascture that exists within the two regions. Kashmir has only 154 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients in comparison to 300 in the Jammu division.
SRINAGAR: With the lockdown in force for the 29th day, the fast mutating Covid19 virus is exhibiting low infection numbers as the morbidity is gradually going down. But officials say it is early to push the unlock button.
Diabetics Must Reduce Carb Intake To 175 gms in 24 Hours
SRINAGAR: Persons having comorbidities including obesity, hypertension, diabetes can increase their survival chances by taking precautions and adopting Covid19 related guidelines perfectly and strictly, SKIMS endocrinologist, Dr Shariq Masoodi has told DIPR-JK.
Masoodi said that Covid infection is now common among people and the majority of the patients recover immediately in home isolation. However, he said that less than two per cent of the infected patients develop serious complications owing to underlying comorbidities like age factor, obesity, blood sugar, hypertension, cancer or any other disease and some of them may succumb to the infection. Such patients may need critical care including oxygen supply, ventilation and hospitalization.
SRINAGAR: As many as 212 Armed Forces veterans have been deployed for Covid19 duty across 10 districts in Kashmir, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole revealed.
Covid19 Obits
Kashmir poetess and critic, Dr Taranum Riyaz, died in a Delhi hospital on May 20, 2021. She had contracted Covid19. She died within 41 days of her husband’s Dr Riyaz Punjabi’s death in Delhi.
Covid19 has unleashed its devastation and has decimated families. Almost 41 days after Riyaz Punjabi’s death, his wife Dr Tarannum Riyaz succumbed to the Covid19 infection. A PhD in Urdu, Dr Fareeda Taranum – a former newscaster and a later fellow at Ministry of Culture, is a noted Urdu fiction writer and critic. She was born in Srinagar on August 9, 1963. Ms Taranum has authored eight
Afsana collections, four poetry collections and two novels