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New Delhi :In the 76th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on AIR on April 25, 2021, PM Narendra Modi said that our personnel from the medical field and frontline workers are all endeavouring 24×7 in service work to tide over the second wave of Covid-19 crisis. This time, for emerging victorious in this battle, we have to accord priority to expert and scientific advice, he said. The Government of India is applying its entire might to give a fillip to the endeavours of State Governments. The State Governments too are trying their best to fulfill their responsibilities, the PM said.
“My dear countrymen, it is true that many people are getting infected with Corona. However, the number of people recovering from Corona is equally high. ‘Dawaibhi, Kadaibhi’ – Get vaccinated and maintain all precautions. We will soon prevail together over this calamity,” PM Modi said.
“I am expressing ‘Mann Ki Baat’ at a time when Corona is testing our patience; it is testing the limits of all of us at enduring misery. Many of our near and dear ones have left us untimely. After successfully confronting the first wave of Corona, the country was full of enthusiasm, full of self-confidence, but this storm has shaken the country. I had long deliberations with experts from myriad sectors. People from our Pharma industry, vaccine manufacturers, those connected with oxygen production, experts from the medical field have put forth their valuable suggestions to the government,” PM Modi said.
Well known doctor from Mumbai Dr Shashank Joshi told the PM that this second deluge that has come in rapidly and the virus is moving faster than the first wave but the good thing is that the recovery rate is higher and mortality rate pretty low. There is absolutely no need of being scared. Dr Joshi said it has been observed in youth and children too. And the symptoms…like the earlier one…breathlessness, dry cough, fever…all these are there…along with it, loss of smell and taste are also there.
Replying to PM Modi, Dr Joshi said that what they call Mutation – there’s no need to be afraid of that. These mutations keep on happening…the way we change our clothes, the virus keeps changing its colours…hence there is nothing to fear and we shall overcome this wave too, Dr Joshi said. Waves keep coming and going, the virus keeps coming and going…these are the various symptoms and we have to be alert medically. Covid has a 14 to 21 day’s timetable, in which we should avail of the Doctor’s advice.
As regards demands for certain medicine, Dr Joshi informed PM Modi that the people start clinical treatment very late…in the belief that the illness will subside on its own…they believe in what they keep watching on their Mobile feeds. ” If they abide by information provided by the government, they will not face these difficulties,” Dr Joshi said.
“In Covid, the clinical treatment protocol has magnitude of three types – light or mild Covid, medium or moderate Covid and intense, what is called severe Covid. In the case of mild Covid, we do oxygen monitoring, pulse monitoring and fever monitoring. If the fever rises, sometimes we use medicine like paracetamol…and one should consult a doctor. In the case of moderate or severe Covid, it is extremely important to contact the doctor. Correct and inexpensive medicine are available. Steroids can save life…inhalers can be given, tablets can be given. And along with that, oxygen has to be administered…there are many simple treatments available. But often what is happening is – there is a new experimental medicine called Remdesivir. But one thing about this medicine is that one has to stay 2 – 3 days lesser atn the hospital and it aids in clinical recovery. And this medicine too works only when it is taken in the first 9-10 days…and it is to be taken only for five days. The way people are running after Remdesivir…they should stop doing that. This medicine has a limited role…it should be taken only when people are put on oxygen in a hospital, strictly as per the doctor’s advice,” Dr Joshi said while replying to the PM, according to a PIB release.
“If we do PRANAYAM, our lungs will expand a bit. And there’s an injection available for thinning blood…it is called Heparin. If these simple medicine are given, 98% people recover. So, staying positive is very important, Dr Joshi told PM Modi.
PM Modi urged the people not to get swayed by any rumour about the vaccine. You all must be knowing that people above 45 years of age can benefit from the free vaccine that has been sent to all state governments by the government of India. Now from May 1, onwards, the vaccine is going to be made available for every person above 18 years in the country.
“I also want to say that the programme of free vaccine by the government of India that is going on now will continue further too. I appeal also to the states to extend the benefit of this free vaccine campaign of government of India to maximum number of the people of their state, PM Modi said.
Dr Naveed Nazeer Shah from Srinagar, a professor at a Government Medical College in Srinagar, who has cured many a Corona patient under his supervision, told PM Modi that our country presently has two vaccine available : Covaccine and Covishield, which have been made here itself. Other companies too who have done their trials have found that its efficacy is more than 60%. And if we talk of Jammu Kashmir, till now, 15 to 16 lakh people have taken the vaccine. Yes, quite a few misconceptions or myths about this have come up on social media enumerating the side effects … till now, in our place, no side effects have been found in vaccine that have been administered, Dr Naveed said.
“Some people had the apprehension that after vaccination, some people got positive. In this, companies themselves have given guidelines that if someone is vaccinated, they may have infection, they can get positive. But the severity of the disease in such patients will not be so much, that is, they may get positive but the disease can not prove to be fatal in them. So we should remove from our mind such misconception about the vaccine, ” Dr Naveed informed PM Modi.