‘This Eid, Do Not Knock At Each Others’ Doors, Use Phone To Wish, Instead’
Dr Abdul Qayum Hamid Changal, a Kashmiri’s General Physician working for the Ministry of Health, in Saudi Arabia, debunks myths and addresses misconceptions linked to the raging Covid-19 pandemic. The WHO accredited doctor for clinical management and rehabilitation Of Covid19 patients talked to
Syed Samreen
KASHMIR LIFE (KL):
What are some of the ill practices, bad habits that we need to stop, keeping in view the COVID-19 upsurge? What are some of these that can worsen the symptoms in people?
Dr ABDUL QAYUM HAMID CHANGAL (DAQHC): The most horrible is the way we wear the facemask. I have seen people wearing the mask exposing their nostrils. It is of no use, more harm. The virus can enter your body through your nasal passage. People require education on how to wear a face mask.
SRINAGAR: Ahead of Eid, Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday imposed a strict ‘corona curfew’, to prevent the gatherings of usual Eid shoppers from thronging to markets. Concertina wires and barricades were erected at almost every entry of commercial places across the valley.
SRINAGAR: Dada family in Anantnag lost two of its members to the dreaded Covid-19 within a few days. These include the sister-in-law of actor-activist Bashir Dada and her daughter in law.
Umair Sahfiq Khanday
Nurses are the most important link between a doctor and a patient. A doctor only prescribes and diagnoses medications, but in the end, it is the nurse on whom the actual responsibility for treatment depends. Without nursing staff, a medical facility may not work even for a day.
Staff nurses and other officials of Chest Diseases Hospital Srinagar have started wearing masks following the apprehensions that some patients might be carrying the Coronavirus infection. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12, every year. It is also the anniversary of the birth of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale.
by Idrees Bukhtiyar SRINAGAR: A video showing the use of force by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Baramulla during coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday in the district has gone viral. The officer can be seen beating the men and women with a stick.