Healthcare workers face stigma after Covid outbreak: ICMR study
3 years, 3 months ago

Healthcare workers face stigma after Covid outbreak: ICMR study

Hindustan Times  

A study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research on healthcare workers from 11 cities in the country, including Noida, has found that the subjects reported major family issues and faced stigma from society following the Covid-19 outbreak last year. The Indian Council of Medical Research conducted the study on healthcare workers from 11 cities in the country, including Noida. “The study has been published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research and was carried out by conducting in-depth telephonic interviews with 967 HCWs involved in Covid-19 management across 11 cities- Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Noida, South Delhi, Pathanamthitta and Kasaragod, Chennai, Jabalpur, Kamrup and East Khasi Hills,” said Dr Shalini Singh, director of ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research, Noida. Dr Yatendra Singh, medical superintendent at the community health centre in Bhangel, Noida said, “It was a huge challenge to be separated from my family after the Covid outbreak.

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Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government’s healthcare workers are facing a Covid onslaught with infections rising rapidly in many hospitals. Director of medical education, Telangana, Dr K Ramesh Reddy said the department did not have a count of the overall number of healthcare workers infected in the state. A member of a state doctors’ association said that almost 80 per cent of …

COVID-19 pandemic had psychosocial impact on healthcare workers, study says
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic had psychosocial impact on healthcare workers, study says

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A study by the Indian Council of Medical Research has revealed that increase in the work volume and intensity, manifestations of stigma and additional responsibilities of healthcare workers, who had to adapt to new protocols and adjust to the 'new normality' amid the COVID-19 pandemic, had a psychosocial impact on them. According to the study published in the …

COVID: Cosmopolitan India Dedicates It’s Cover to ASHA Workers
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID: Cosmopolitan India Dedicates It’s Cover to ASHA Workers

The Quint  

The ASHA workers, the foot soldiers fighting the pandemic in India, have been working frantically on the rural frontline, multitasking even as the fear of infection remains high. In the magazine, India Today Editor Preeti Chaudhary who has been reporting on India’s crisis through her on-ground reports, authors a piece on the selfless acts carried out by ASHA workers. Bellow …

Health Care Workers Try To Bring COVID-19 Patients Joy, Less Isolation As Life Ends
4 years ago

Health Care Workers Try To Bring COVID-19 Patients Joy, Less Isolation As Life Ends

NPR  

Health Care Workers Try To Bring COVID-19 Patients Joy, Less Isolation As Life Ends Enlarge this image toggle caption Nick Mott for NPR Nick Mott for NPR When the coronavirus hit the U.S., hospitals issued strict limitations on visitors. Enlarge this image toggle caption Nick Mott for NPR Nick Mott for NPR Respiratory therapist Mary Graham says all 265 health …

World Patient Safety Day 2020: COVID-19 pandemic highlights why keeping healthcare workers safe matters
4 years, 3 months ago

World Patient Safety Day 2020: COVID-19 pandemic highlights why keeping healthcare workers safe matters

Firstpost  

The World Patient Safety Day was established in May 2019 by the World Health Assembly, and the day itself is celebrated on 17 September. It might seem strange at first glance that the focus on patient safety also highlights the need for better protection of healthcare workers but the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has underlined this need. How COVID-19 has …

In Africa, stigma surrounding coronavirus hinders response
4 years, 5 months ago

In Africa, stigma surrounding coronavirus hinders response

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — After 23 days in quarantine in Uganda — far longer than required — Jimmy Spire Ssentongo walked free in part because of a cartoon he drew. But with testing in Africa limited by supply shortages and some health workers going without proper protective gear, fear of the virus on the continent as it approaches 1 million confirmed …

After recovery, some COVID patients face lingering stigmas
4 years, 5 months ago

After recovery, some COVID patients face lingering stigmas

LA Times  

In this photo from April, Don Udan, 32, walks with assistance from physical therapist Justina Soultrain at Sharp Memorial Hospital. “They would tell me right away, ‘We’ll wear masks.’” Udan was surprised, however, that some people assumed he still had the disease after he was released from the hospital. You don’t have to tell people your health information.” Harris said …

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Confirmed cases in Bihar reach 6,475, toll rises to 36; senior police officer tests positive in Uttar Pradesh
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Confirmed cases in Bihar reach 6,475, toll rises to 36; senior police officer tests positive in Uttar Pradesh

Firstpost  

6:53 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update Plea in SC raises concern over safety of health care workers A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court raising concern over the safety of healthcare workers, including nurses and paramedical staffs, and has sought directions to authorities to provide proper protection kits to those working in COVID-19 …

I had Covid-19. And society decided to stigmatise me
4 years, 6 months ago

I had Covid-19. And society decided to stigmatise me

Hindustan Times  

It was the afternoon of June 3 when I got my coronavirus disease test report as ”detected “. It was a very unpleasant experience for me to see children looking frightened when they saw me and even one neighbour showering abuses at me. I started getting abusive WhatsApp messages from them and the resident welfare association accusing me of being …

Patralekha | Why Covid-19 pandemic is now personal
4 years, 6 months ago

Patralekha | Why Covid-19 pandemic is now personal

Deccan Chronicle  

Death is no longer something that happens to people far away. It’s equally sad to find at times like these that many among those on the frontline doctors and health workers are being deprived of basics. At a webinar hosted by the Indian chapter of Women in Global Health, an Asha worker from Haryana spoke movingly about the harsh realities …

Covid-19: No help for Mumbai’s healthcare workers who test positive
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: No help for Mumbai’s healthcare workers who test positive

Live Mint  

MUMBAI: When doctors and nurses in Mumbai, which has so far reported over 15,000 cases, test positive for coronavirus, they are often left to fend for themselves, struggling to get admitted to hospitals and end up paying for their treatment. “When doctors and nurses test positive in Mumbai, they find it difficult to find a spare bed at a hospital,” …

Protection for protectors: The Hindu Editorial on safety of healthcare workers
4 years, 8 months ago

Protection for protectors: The Hindu Editorial on safety of healthcare workers

The Hindu  

Since the first case of novel coronavirus infection in India was reported in end-January, many healthcare workers have been subjected to abuse and violence in the line of duty. The dastardly act of a few people in Chennai who not only attacked healthcare workers but also prevented a decent burial of a neurosurgeon who died of COVID-19 complications on April …

Coronavirus: Half of health workers experiencing increased levels of stress and trauma
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Half of health workers experiencing increased levels of stress and trauma

The Independent  

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Stigmatising Covid-19 patients, their families leading to higher mortality: AIIMS Director
4 years, 8 months ago

Stigmatising Covid-19 patients, their families leading to higher mortality: AIIMS Director

India Today  

Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Dr Randeep Guleria told media outlets during the Press Information Bureau's daily briefing on Thursday that an unlikely factor is leading to a rise in mortality among patients infected with the novel coronavirus. "Patients who have recovered from Covid-19 are facing stigma, this is creating panic and causing hardship …

Singling out the Muslims: Elders fume over attempts to malign community
4 years, 8 months ago

Singling out the Muslims: Elders fume over attempts to malign community

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Health minister Etala Rajendar naming and dragging Tablighi Jamaat returnees again in the context of Covid-19 is a “continuous and systematic attack against the Muslim community,” community elders said. Despite the World Health Organisation stating clearly that people, communities and localities must not be stigmatised, Muslims are being continuously maligned by the local administration right up to senior levels …

Preventing stigma related to COVID-19 requires full-throated campaign, says expert Gita Sen
4 years, 9 months ago

Preventing stigma related to COVID-19 requires full-throated campaign, says expert Gita Sen

The Hindu  

Gita Sen, director and distinguished professor, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity & Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, spoke to The Hindu about how the stigma attached to COVID-19 is much like what was seen with HIV/AIDS and how it is a result of poor knowledge. Three sets of people are being stigmatised now: those in quarantine, whether …

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