World Metrology Day to focus on efficacy of measuring devices in healthcare Published: 9:44 PM, May 15, 2021
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MUSCAT, MAY 15 - The Sultanate, represented by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MoCIIP), is set to celebrate the World Metrology Day 2021 on the theme, ‘Measurement for Health)’ on May 20.
The theme of this year’s celebrations was chosen to create awareness of the important role that metrology play in health.
Commenting on this event, Eng Majid bin Nasser al Senawi (pictured), Head of the Metrological Control Department in the Directorate-General for Standards and Metrology, said the annual event commemorates the signing of the Metre Convention on May 20, 1875, which had set the framework for the modern science of measurement.
Muscat: A recent Omani survey, with over 1,500 respondents including residents and citizens, shows that 30 per cent of them suffered from symptoms of anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances due to the prevailing pandemic situation.
The survey also revealed that women are “the most” among those who have suffered from depression due to Corona, Oman News Agency reported.
In an interview with the Oman News Agency, Dr Hamad bin Nasser Al Senawi, a senior consultant at the Behavioural Medicine Department at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, said that the COVID-19 virus has led to the emergence of cases due to frustration and psychological burnout.
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Muscat: Men and women aged 40 years and below are most vulnerable to mental disorders, Dr. Nada Bint Abdullah Al-Balushi, a specialist physician and head of the medical rehabilitation department at Al Masarra Hospital said
A statement issued online by Oman News Agency (ONA), said : A survey has been conducted with 1,580 citizens and residents from different governorates of the Sultanate that showed 30 percent of them suffered from symptoms of anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances for reasons related to the emerging Covid-19, most of them women.
In an interview with the Oman News Agency, Dr. Hamad bin Nasser Al-Senawi, a senior consultant in the behavioral medicine department at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, said: “The research study carried out by doctors from the Ministry of Health concluded that the medical staff working on the front lines is one of the groups most exposed to psychological pressures.”