India’s government had an entire year to prepare for the second wave of COVID-19. However, our healthcare system is collapsing as there is a shortage of hospital beds, plasma, medicines needed to treat Covid, oxygen, ICUs etc.
In spite of these challenges,
our frontline warriors, especially the medical fraternity, are dangerously risking their lives every day while saving others. In fact,
many of them have died in this fight against the novel coronavirus.
No surprises that in order to draw attention to the gravity of the issue, doctors are appealing to the public to be safe and stay indoors as the least precautionary measure which can protect them and others.
For themselves, however, doctors do not have this privilege. The recent victim of the disease from the medical fraternity is Dr Manisha Jadhav from Mumbai who passed away just a few hours after she wrote a message on FB alluding to her deteriorating condition.
In the heartbreaking post, the deceased doctor from Mumbai alluded to her deteriorating condition. And reading her post will make each one of us realise the devastating condition our country is in.
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51-year-old Dr Manisha Jadha was a tuberculosis specialist and the Chief Medical Officer at Sewri TB Hospital. She passed away due to Covid on Monday night, few hours after posting her message on Facebook
In her post, she said, ‘Maybe last good morning. I may not meet you here on this platform. Take care all. Body die. Soul doesn’t. Soul is immortal (sic).’
She died 36 hours after she posted that message on Facebook.
Dr Manisha has become the first doctor from the civic health setup to die of the infection, reported Times of India.
In Maharashta, around 18,000 doctors have been infected with Covid and so far 168 have died, according to the Indian Medical Association.
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Please be mindful of the healthcare workers who are risking their lives every day for us. Stay at home. Stay safe.