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Writing in @NewIndianXpress New Indian Express on #WorldHealthDay, @Experiential_Dr @netshrink & I raise concerns about the use of the war metaphor for the #COVID19 response. The harm this war symbolism does to health professionals is being overlooked.
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Equating the pandemic response to a war equates India’s healthcare workforce to members of the country’s Armed Forces. The same kind of stoicism and public silence that characterises our Armed Forces is now expected of physicians, nurses, CHWs and allied healthcare personnel.
The result is Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) are being subjected to expectations of heroism and supreme sacrifice.
