J&K tightens supply of Oxygen to non-COVID patients
For the last 10-days hospitals, across Jammu and Kashmir, are reportedly receiving six to seven brought dead COVID patients a day. This, because instead of taking doctor s guidance for treatment protocols, many are taking it upon themselves to self-medicate. If that were not enough, most patient attendants are also forcing treating doctors to prescribe experimental drugs like Remedesvir including immunosuppressive drugs mainly for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis Tocilizumab, and steroids.
Falling for misinformation on the internet
COVID-19 related misinformation and half-baked/unproven treatment protocols are adding to the death toll in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Experts warn that instead of providing relief to the infected persons the self-medication or medications that doctors are forced to prescribe, in many cases, are rather enhancing risk factors for COVID-19 patients. I saw a video on Facebook whi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Covid outbreak was “testing our patience” and ability to “endure misery” but spoke not a word on the oxygen crisis that has claimed dozens of lives in the country.
Rather unusually, his monthly radio address,
Mann Ki Baat, devoted most of its time to carrying Modi’s conversations with healthcare workers who appeared to play down the outbreak’s severity and the shortage of key medicines like remdesivir, and painted a rosy picture of good treatment and high recoveries.
Several high courts, including Delhi High Court, have over the past few days expressed concern at the poor Covid management by the central and state governments, and public health experts have blamed the crisis partly on the Centre’s lack of preparedness and planning.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday spoke to healthcare workers at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and addressed several topics such as vaccine hesitancy and details about the ongoing deadly second wave.
The Prime Minister first called on Dr Shashank Joshi from Mumbai, who has grassroots-level experience in the field of COVID treatment and allied research. He has also been the Dean of the Indian College of Physicians.
When asked about the ongoing second wave, Joshi informed that this time around, the virus is faster moving than the first wave but assured that the recovery rate is higher and the mortality rate is low.
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