Healthcare services amid lockdown has affected both doctors and patients. Now people should follow the Ayurvedic way of life and ensure to make your immunity strong.
Are non-COVID essential healthcare services becoming casualty due to COVID panic? It has been seen that during the COVID hullabaloo, the non-COVID patients are the greatest sufferers. Most of the patients suffering from fatal diseases like cancer, kidney patients on dialysis and diabetes are in trouble as the essential patients’ regular health services are not being provided to them due to the obstruction in regular healthcare delivery.
Dr Swadeep Srivastava, Founder, HEAL Foundation says ,“Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19, everybody was only talking about the COVID-19 and its infection. But there was no discussion around the day to day problems that the regular patients with fatalities have been facing due to the COVID panic. A deliberate discussion is very much required around the stigma created by COVID-19 and in the post COVID-19 scenario, where the healthcare professionals, as well as institutions, will be required to address the comprehensive patient care to avoid the crisis of COVID and non-COVID patients.”
Deliberating on the essence of amity amongst different sections of society, Dr Ram Kumar, Secretary-General, Sewa Bharati says, “The COVID-19 pandemic has given us an opportunity to come together to fight this adversity unitedly. We, as a society can bring a solution to any such problem. The spirit of mutual cooperation can only rescue the sufferers and pave the way to come out from the crisis. Sewa Bharati has been working ceaselessly to provide the essentials for the survival to the deprived. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown, we have managed to provide meals to lakhs of people who were on the brink of starvation.”
Follow the Ayurvedic way of life:
According to Dr Chandrakant S Pandav, former HoD, Deptt of Community Medicine, AIIMS people should follow the Ayurvedic way of life and ensure to make your immunity strong. “This is the 20th pandemic and not the first. The 1st occurred in 165 AD taking away the lives of almost 5 million people. So no need to worry, take precaution, follow the preventive measure of social distancing with physical space distancing compounded with social sensitivity and enjoy every moment. The COVID-19 in modern times has given the message that the entire world is a family.” he said.
The Indian system of medicine — Ayurveda has come to the rescue as the whole world is following the natural way it suggests to boost immunity. Yoga has also come up as the most effective tool to suppress the depression arising out of the crisis. Be spiritual, be positive, be self-confident, adopt a natural lifestyle and read the holy Gita as it will give you the strength to combat the adversity. And more significantly, respect the corona warriors — the frontline healthcare workers and the police for their relentless service to mankind.
Doctors and Patients both suffered of COVID-19 panic. Dr Deepak Singla, Medical Director, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, says, “We need to come out from the COVID-19 panic and move towards normalcy as the lockdown has put the lives of the regular patients such as kidney patients on dialysis and diabetes is in trouble. The regular vaccination of children is disturbed. The society and the government must work to bounce back to normalcy retaining the essential preventive measures intact.”
