Coronavirus cases in the country have been increasing rapidly. So much so, that several states have imposed restrictions while others are contemplating lockdown. On Monday, India surpassed Brazil and became the 2nd country with the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world.
Due to this, doctors and medical workers are back to square one. The same old routine of long hours of Covid duty and compromise in their own safety repeats again. Overwhelmed by this, one doctor named Dipshikha Ghosh took to Twitter to request everyone to follow safety protocols, reports NDTV.
She expressed being “physically and mentally exhausted” with long shifts.
“Please, please wear masks. I don’t know about other people but I’m physically and mentally exhausted with crazy shifts and calling more deaths than I did in all my years of service combined. If you still don’t care, please go inside COVID units as my proxy,” she wrote.
Have a look at her tweet here:
Please, please wear masks. I don’t know about other people but I’m physically and mentally exhausted with crazy shifts and calling more deaths than I did in all my years of service combined. If you still don’t care, please go inside COVID units as my proxy. Thanks.
— Doctor (@DipshikhaGhosh) April 12, 2021
It started weeks ago. Nobody bothered. They won’t be bothered till one person in every family is affected. Practising Preventative Medicine is impossible here. People just don’t get it. Idk if it’s complete disregard for public health or low IQ.
— Doctor (@DipshikhaGhosh) April 12, 2021
The doctor went on to add how breaking news of death to family members of Covid patients is heartbreaking.
It’s just heartbreaking.. Breaking news of death to family members over phone and hearing them scream and howl in shock and grief is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to sit through. I don’t think any HCW will ever be the same again.
— Doctor (@DipshikhaGhosh) April 12, 2021
Responding to her tweet, people online hoped for others to take the doctor’s word seriously.
I just wish and hope that the citizens weighs in your words and
help the human race by just following you plane advice and let’s say order for those in slightest of their senses…
We are already losing the gains we have made so far
By paying heed now hopefully we can reverse.— PUSHPESHRAJ2801 (@pushpeshraj2801) April 12, 2021
If you don’t care about the doctors and nurses today, you are the most selfish person. And tbh, they are not even asking for much here.
So don’t be an asshole. Wear the damn mask. #COVID19India #WearAMask https://t.co/XW98yOIOZo— Desultory Writer (@DesultoryWriter) April 14, 2021
Let's all get very very serious about it .. if we all want a better tomorrow 🙏 #FightCovid https://t.co/BRwfdlfiND
— adarsh punjabi (@adarsh78) April 14, 2021
Try to understand the situation..
A doctor herself is giving a real picture of Corona Havoc..
Use Mask, keep distance.. Be #CoronaWarrior not #COVIDIOThttps://t.co/3pFuarb55D— प्रेम (@_PremYadav_) April 14, 2021
Have some patience and stay home, so that in future, we can go out whenever we want. Believe in compounding. More power to all the healthcare and frontline workers. https://t.co/YCvtw3Bt2c
— Utkarsh Mishra (@utkarsh_m1shra) April 13, 2021
Thread: Doctors in India pleading with people to wear masks. Please listen to them. https://t.co/doqfGnaKy2
— Anoo Bhuyan (@AnooBhu) April 13, 2021
PLEASE WEAR THAT MASKS 😷
also ask ur family members n friends to do the same ! 🙏🙏
Even not for yourself pls do it for sake of ur family n doctors n covid warriors 🙏🙏#WearAMask #MaskUp
Don't be selfish #COVIDIOTS !! https://t.co/flhlizsNFY— Annadata Sukhi Bhava 🙏🙏 (@ajithkanth009) April 13, 2021
Here’s requesting everyone reading this to strictly follow Covid-19 safety protocols. The pandemic is far from getting over.