Azhar Javaid Khanday
As you all know that Coronavirus, commonly known as COVID-19, is a disease which causes a viral infection of the lungs followed by dry cough, breathing difficulties, fatigue and fever. The disease has gripped the whole world severely and around 1.5 lac people have lost their live till the date.
The disease that originated in Wuhan area of China, in December 2019, has spreaded the whole world now and World Health Organisation (WHO) on Feburuary 11,2020 stated its name as COVID-19, which is a novel and is originally called as coronavirus.
Unfortunately, neither a vaccine nor any kind of drug has been discovered by the scientists yet, to control or end this pandemic and in nook & corner, only Doctors, Paramedics and many other frontline warriors are on toes to tackle the situations amid this disease.
Similarly, medical, paramedical and other frontline workers in J&K, have been working day and night to combat with this pandemic despite lacking the well advanced medical technologies, as compared to the other states and countries.
However, the manpower in the medical establishments is beyond need, not only in this pandemic but also in normal days, which is itself a good news for all of us and must be endorsed.
Doctors in this pandemic have been working 24×7 on frontline vivaciously, to overcome from COVID-19 disease, without thinking about the safety of their lives, which is highly appreciable and must be understood.
The matter of grave concern here in India, is that the battle between doctos & paramedics is just one sided, as the doctors lack poor facility of protective gears and health care facilities/infrastructure, but inspite of all that, they fight with full confidence and are hopeful to defeat this pandemic soon.
Recently here in J&K, a doctor turned positive due to the lack of safety gears, some doctors were quarantined, while some skipped their meals due to the lack of protective gears.
In response of saving their lives, doctors here used bike helmets and raincoats just to fight the covid-19 which all exposes the fragile state of the health system that puts the thousands of doctors at life-threatening risk. If the doctors are putting their life at risk why can’t we do a little help for them to overcome this pandemic by reducing a little burden over their shoulders
Firstly, we should neither visit hospitals unless requirement of immediate treatment nor we must visit outside by taking prescription in our hands or showing that prescription as a pass to wander anywhere.
Secondly, one must not hide his/her travel history or symptoms in the early stage as it may prove baneful for them as well as for the society. Therefore, we must come forward to reveal the travel history or being in contact with any traveller or the positive turned patiens.
In the present scenario, as authorities are declaring red zones one side, people use to destroy the roads otherside by digging or blocking them using wood logs, which puts frontline warriors in trouble to handle with the pandemic swiftly, who already are lacking protective gears as well as health care facility, hence we must desist from acts of sabotage.
We know that the welfare of people in this pandemic fully depends upon doctors and if the doctors themselves felt sick how can they be able to provide health care to general public, as hospitals in J&K have an acute shortage of doctors and paramedics.
We can surely put an end of this pandemic by taking proper care of ourselves and by staying at home, so that the capacity of the healthcare system doesn’t become overwhelmed. We shall break the chain and must maintain social distance and to avoid mass gathering by which we could save ourselves and many others by becoming the client of covid-19.
To conclude, i can say that we all should stay home, which will keep us safe from the COVID-19, and will let our frontline hereos to deafeat this disease soon.
Author is a resident of Amlar Tral, who has done BBA from University of Kashmir.
