Indian nurses, especially those from Kerala have always stood tall among healthcare providers. But, over time, quality of nurses which was world-renowned fell by the way side, that it needs to be nursed back to its original glory
Healthcare providers are increasingly being victims of public ire and angst, even at the height of COVID-19 pandemic. Will Prime Minister Modi’s new ordinance to limit this menace stem this unhealthy practice corroding healthcare dispensation?
As India joins the world in fight against the raging COVID-19 pandemic, she’s faced with a paradox of sorts. On one hand, her healthcare providers are being assaulted physically and verbally, while on the other, the very same people attempt to salute them, goaded on by the Prime Minister, who frolics in symbolic rituals and kneejerk showmanship
while there are clear cut directives on the use of masks for fight against COVID-19, the use of gloves lacks any such, that their use need some regulation to prevent it from spreading the virus
Kerala whose citizens were denied treatment by her neighboring states at the height of COVID crisis refuses to adopt eye-for-an-eye policy by permitting a child with congenital heart disease from Tamil Nadu to be operated in Kochi
It took just a tiny virus to have time retrace its path, and man to realize his frailties; to elbow him from self-imagined perch of invincibility, and to drive home the frailty of his self-assumed preeminence.
Ever since the Corona Virus has been holding the world to ransom, starting in Wuhan, China, India has managed to stay relatively less affected, despite being densely populated. The Prime Minister’s national lockdown as definitely helped. But, it’s not yet time to relax, or to indulge in theatrics and showmanship, like the Prime Minister has lately done.
Considering the odds and the travails through which Indian women are fated to pass through, is there love left to celebrate the Valentine’s Day?
Healthcare dispensation does not function on a one plus one equals two formula. It is a product of churning of ethics governing the profession and dilemmas faced by its dispensers.
Writer By Chance. 