Low awareness keeps them away from camps A large number of people living in villages don’t donate blood as they fear their bodies won’t be left with enough of it. There are farmers who think donating blood will make them weak, rendering them incapable of working in fields. Lack of awareness has kept people from […]
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Doctors say it can endanger people’s health With easy access to the Web, more and more people have been self-diagnosing during the pandemic., This poses an immense threat to people’s health, according to experts Amit Maheshwari, a general physician practising in Bengaluru, explained to The Observer: “I get a lot of cases like these. People […]
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Disposable masks are a major contributor to it Face shields, PPE kits, and disposable face masks have added to the medical waste generated in Bengaluru hospitals after the Covid-19 outbreak. Disposable face masks are used in huge numbers and inappropriate disposal of the same is a danger to the environment M.A. Srinath, Vice President of […]
Continue ReadingStores unsure when supplies will come back Bengaluru has a shortage of face masks and hand sanitizers as a large number of people have started to buy them after the outbreak of coronavirus. Eight out of the ten medical stores The Observer visited on March 5 did not have masks and sanitizers. Salespersons at the […]
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Live and dead pigs create a stench; patients, authorities blame each other Mangalam Basuvaraj sat in a corner of the hospital closing her nose with the pallu of her saree. She had accompanied her injured husband to the hospital. This is a common scene at the government hospital in Shahpur, 500 km from Bengaluru. The […]
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