Category: Corona Corner
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Impact of the pandemic on students and a need for Mental Health intervention
The United Nations estimates that at least 1 billion learners have been affected globally by the closure of schools due to the pandemic. With the pandemic continuing to evolve, the world is likely to face a “generational catastrophe” in education (United Nations, 2020). The World Bank estimates, moreover, that close to 7 million young people…
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Maintaining Mental Balance In The Post-Covid World
Goutam Kundu, a simple stationery shop owner at Kestopur lost his younger brother Chandan earlier this year due to Covid-19. Till now he has not been able to shed off his tragedy and was planning to consult a psychiatrist. Thanks to his neighbors, they gave him a lot of mental solace and now Goutam carries…
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Post-Covid World: Hospital Management Sees New Horizons
Kolkata: On August 24, 2018, I was at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, for interaction with Sangita Reddy, Joint MD of Apollo Hospitals. After our talks, I saw her in an important meeting with some of her staff members. They were discussing a critical issue. Without lines across her forehead, with a smile on her face,…
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महाराष्ट्र: कोरोना महामारी की मार से त्रस्त सोनगीर के बर्तन कारीगर
महाराष्ट्र में धुले के करीब सोनगीर तांबे और पीतल के बर्तनों के लिए देश भर में जाना जाता है। करोना संक्रमण के कारण सख्त लॉकडाउन आपदा और मंदी के कारण यहां पिछले एक साल से काम प्रभावित हुआ है। वहीं, बरसात के दिनों में तांबा काला पड़ने से कारीगरों द्वारा बर्तन बनाने का काम रोक…
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“Our work time often goes beyond 14 hours”
Bhopal: In March 2020, Dr Shriya Mungi was contemplating how she would desire to complete her medical training until next year. And yet, at one of the biggest and overburdened government hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s state capital, she is the doctor who knows the Covid-19 patients who have higher respiratory symptoms, requires greater dependence on…
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With rising black fungus cases in Bengal, doctors call for early detection to avoid fatalities
Kolkata: Because of the increasing number of mucormycosis cases, commonly known as black fungus in West Bengal, doctors are already sounding alarm bells. Till June 4, the state had almost confirmed 30 cases, and the number of fatalities reported was 5, according to a health bulletin by the state government. The rare fungal infection,…
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Sikhs United donates six Oxygen Concentrators to Jharkhand in fight against Covid-19
Ranchi: Professor Arun Roy from Mumbai, with the help of his students and friends, has managed to arrange six Oxygen concentrators, each of seven litres capacity, at the Jharkhand office of Indian Medical Association, Ranchi. These concentrators arrived in the state capital on Tuesday. Out of these, five will be sent to Bagodar (1), Giridih…
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Why Am I Angry at Narendra Modi?
odi, Modi, Modi.., yes those exactly were the words I was enchanting when I voted him for the first time, then for the second time. A man of his words, his promises, a man of passion, excellence & performance, a man whom I always admired and wanted to be one, who gets supernatural with his…
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Covid-19 story: The second wave
As the Covid-19 second wave continues its ferocious surge, many cities in the country smell an unprecedented stench of death. For the last several days, the crematoriums have been inundated with Covid corpses. So much so that, with people taking a morbid interest in the happenings at a prominent cremation ground in the country, the…
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“Cancer patients are immune-compromised, a potential high risk population to contract Covid-19”
Kolkata: As per data collected from various State Health Departments the number of Covid-19 cases in India crossed 80 lakh last month. The total cases of Covid-19 in West Bengal as on Novmber 15 was reported to be 4,09,221 with 3,907 new cases while the active cases went down to 34,021 and the discharge rate has…