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Healthcare staff who have worked through the coronavirus crisis should have a similar mental health service as that offered to war veterans, a group of leading medical organisations has said.
The pandemic has had a “huge impact” on a workforce that has already been stretched thin, according to the 13 healthcare organisations which have come together to call on the Government to make sure there is a dedicated mental health support service similar to that established for former troops.
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Health minister Vaughan Gething at the NHS Wales national distribution centre The Welsh Government has announced that medical equipment will besent from Wales to support the international emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic in India. The Government and NHS Wales will provide around 600 oxygen concentrators and more than 300 ventilators which are due to leave for India in the coming days, with flights being arranged by the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office. Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: “Covid-19 is a global threat and as such it is right that we are part of the global response, supporting other nations. “We have worked closely with the UK Government and the Government of India on the logistics in arranging for these supplies to be transported to India and distributed to the hospitals where they are needed most.”
May 11, 2021
As hospitals crumble under the pressure of a raging Covid-19 pandemic, several Indians have started flocking to telemedicine and online pharmacies.
In April 2021, e-pharmacies such as PharmEasy and Netmeds clocked a 2X growth in daily active users (DAUs), according to market intelligence firm Kalagato’s analysis of millions of smartphone users. Practo, which offers video consultations and digital prescriptions, saw its DAUs increase nearly three-fold from under 2.5% to over 7%.
“In a sad and telling statistic about the nature of the pandemic in India, the rates of usage of pharmacy apps in India have on average nearly doubled and, in some cases, tripled,” Kalagato said. The recent trend is similar to last year when the pandemic had first hit India in March 2020.