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Back to back lockdowns triggers a wave of suicides in Kashmir

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Editor

Two ventilators of SMHS Hospitals were sustaining two young men at the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) in the week that just ended. Both between 30 and 40 years of age had attempted to end their lives. While one among the duo just got shifted to a ward where his grief ravaged family awaited him. The other was not so lucky and his family’s grief multiplied on Saturday when they were told to take his body. Suicides have increased dramatically in the past one month in Kashmir, coinciding with the…

Amid a downturn in virus cases, J&K experts say no room for complacency

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Editor

As coronavirus disease cases in Jammu and Kashmir continue their downward trend, experts have asked the public to not lower their guard as it could lead to another upsurge in infections in the Union Territory. Around 4,000 people have died in the UT since the virus outbreak in March 2020. May had proved to be deadliest month with 1,625 deaths and 1,14,382 infections. The lockdown has played a vital role in curtailing the spread, which is being reflected in the hospitals’ reduced caseloads, says Baramulla Government Medical College senior doctor…

Children & Coronavirus Third Wave

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Editor

Will the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India hit children the most? Here’s what top expert Prof Muzaffar Jan, a noted pediatrician, Head Department of Pediatrics at GMC Srinagar, and a member of the J&K Government’s advisory panel for Third Wave preparation had to say. Q: How will the Third Wave affect children?A: The first wave that hit the World in 2020 affected the elderly and those with underlying illnesses the most. The mortality was also high in that age group. The Second Wave that hit in 2021,…

Spat on between Doctors & Bureaucrats for what is scientific or unscientific over COVID19 vaccination

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 Editor

A row ensued as influenza expert Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan, who heads a faction of Doctors’ Association of Kashmir, stated that people allergic to any ingredient of Covid vaccine should not receive the jab. A verbal spat over what is scientific or unscientific over Covid-19 vaccination is playing out between a health expert and a prominent bureaucrat in Kashmir. The row ensued as influenza expert Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan, who heads a faction of Doctors’ Association of Kashmir (DAK), stated that people allergic to any ingredient of Covid vaccine should not receive the jab.…

How to manage kids during the pandemic

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Editor

Dr. Sana Salim Khan I get a lot of queries from parents with different scenarios where Covid is concerned. Today, I would be talking about the different case scenarios concerning children. Here is how to manage Covid under different situations at your home: If both the mother and child are Covid positive, it is advisable that they should be allowed to stay together unless the mother is hospitalized or too sick. Children should not be sent to stay with other members of the family such as grandparents.For infant children, it…

Black Fungus Vs White Fungus: Cause, Symptoms & Cure

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Editor

While black fungus infection is caused by fungi Mucor, white fungus infection is caused by candida group of organisms and Covid patients with low immunity are prone to both diseases. Even as cases of mucormycosis or black fungus infections rise across the country, reports of another fungal infection called white fungus have left many worried.A 55-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh was one of the first Covid-recovered patients to be treated for white fungus. This incident was soon followed by four people in Bihar getting diagnosed with the same. But what…

In next two to four weeks J&K could see 10000 Cases, 100 Deaths per day: Prof Khuroo

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 Editor

Chairman, Apex Level Advisory Committee of Government of Jammu and Kashmir for COVID19, Prof. M. S Khuroo said that J&K should prepare to receive close to 10,000 COVID positive cases with around 100 deaths per day. The pandemic is likely to peak within 3 to 4 weeks and stay at a plateau for several weeks before showing regression. Prof Khuroo, former Director SKIMS, in an exclusive interview said that the next 6 to 8 weeks are crucial as J&K is likely to witness 6000 to 10000 COVID cases, 60 to…

Ways to maintain positive mental health during the pandemic

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Editor

By – Dr Siddharth Chowdhury Covid-19 has overwhelmed us in many ways. It has been more than a year and there are no signs which indicate that we can go back to the normal routine. This has resulted in people’s resilience increasingly getting frayed. So, how should we maintain our mental health? Here are few tips which can help you to stay positive as far as you mental health and well-being is concerned: Structure your dayOne of the basic things that Covid-19 has disturbed in the majority of homes is…

Next 15-20 days very critical, people must restrict their movement: Experts

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Editor

Experts on Wednesday said that the peak of the second wave of Covid-19 is yet to come in Jammu and Kashmir and it is expected to hit the region in coming two to three weeks. Former director SKIMS, Chairman Covid Advisory Committee and renowned Gastroenterologist Dr Mohammed Sultan Khuroo while talking exclusively with news agency, said that peak of second wave of Covid-19 is expected in next three weeks, till then cases of Covid-19 will surge further. He said that the fight against COVID needs to be intensified and it…

South India’s N440K COVID variant 15 times more lethal, getting replaced by double mutant, UK variants: Data

May 5, 2021May 5, 2021 Editor

Several variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been emerging across the globe, continuing to threaten efforts to stem the world’s worst virus outbreak. The variants with N440K spike substitution have been detected in several parts of India, which has been hit by the second wave of the pandemic. Scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have found that lineages with N440K are not the dominant ones in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India. It was CCMB that had discovered the new coronavirus variant N440K. Experts have…