Big relief- #Telangana to prioritize giving 2nd dose of Covid-19.
It will require tweaking in Cowin, so the government is mulling how to prioritize those awaiting the second dose!
- Director of Public Health Dr GS Rao
State of Telangana is left with just 3L doses, whereas people wanting the second dose is much higher - nearly 19 Lakhs!
Not more than 100 allowed in weddings- Wedding season is beginning so need to be cautious and wear DOUBLE Mask outside and a Single mask at home @drgsrao
GOI has given a specific share for 18-45 year vaccinations -
We will wait for all that stock to be ready and only then purchase and give it to the age group beneficiary
Rs2500 crore given for purchasing vaccines by CM @drgsrao
Covaxin is available for second dose - working out modalities how to prioritise those who are due for it at the moment. All details to be made public soon on how 2nd dose will be prioritised
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Stories you should read from @XpressHyderabad today that reflect the worrying trends of Covid-19 pandemic in districts -
(Specially for the naysayers who don't read papers/check free of cost website and brand media useless)
Covid maybe a pandemic, but stigma is a bigger pandemic. As a Covid-19 recovered patient, who unfortunately tested positive again, nearly 30 days after recovery in an RTPCR test, the stigma I faced can't be put to words. Sending others in similar boat lot of *hugs*
The worst part about Covid-19 stigma is being unforgiving to your own self. It is a daily battle to convince yourself that you are not infectious and then convince doubtful people around you about the same. Every new person is a new battle and there are more wounds than wins
Some things if you are Covid-19 positive : 1. In majority states you don't have to get a test done to prove you are negative after recovery. Virus is not infectious after 10 days of testing positive. If you want to err on side of precaution, 20 days.
Covid doesn't have a treatment for a reason- It has so many manifestations happening in no proper order
In my 20 days of symptomatic illness- my sickness ranged from headache- to fever- to losing smell and nasal congestion - to severe diarrhea and dehydration which abruptly ended
After recovery, I have funny pains in my calf muscles which is strange because till the day I was symptomatic I had a very active lifestyle with physical activity and now I am unable to climb steps without losing breath. I need 12 hours of sleep and get lethargic without that
I don't know if one such medicine will fix this disease ever. I don't even think there can be one treatment protocol for such a vast set of symtpoms- I was on dolo, paracetamol, citrizine and eldoper(for loose motions) and tonnes of ORS and vitamin C and GOOD food
The curious case of Basilingappa who have his COVID samples on the 22nd of June at Sarojini Devi Hosp in #Hyderabad and today as he completes 14 days of isolation, he still has not got his results
14 days of living in shadow of uncertainty @XpressHyderabad newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderab…
His form submitted at the time of sample collection. As you can see 22nd June was when he gave the samples as a GOVT FACILITY. And while officials claim only private labs are having discrepancies, this case says govt labs too need some checking
The patient had to live in isolation WITHOUT knowing his status. Now he even finished his isolation and is asymptomatic. 14 days of trauma because of delays and he can still never know of he had COVID or common flu.
What the top health officials don't understand is that no one is blaming Docs, nurses and ward boys of Gandhi or any govt hospital. They are all sympathetic to them because they too see the aged support staff struggling to carry files, give them food, clean washroom in heavy PPE
People are blaming the administration for not improving the healthcare or recruiting more staff even now during a pandemic. We all know Govt docs are very experienced and prepared for the worst outcomes merely because of the variety of cases they see and the experience they hold
But best of doctors can't work if the support staff is handful and absent or sick or aged. The nursing and supportive care staff is what Gandhi, OGH and Koti needs. People with oxygen masks on can't even go to the toilet or eat alone and a doctor can't be there to do these
Big breaking: Prices capped for COVID treatment
Test- Rs2200
ICU+ VENTILATORR- Rs 9000/day
ICU without ventilatory- Rs7500/day
Ward- Rs 4000/ day
Prices applicable across private health institutions in Telangana
Somesh Kumar CS says the increase in testing is not to spread fear but build confidence in public that all with COVID will be identified and isolated
The government free testing will simultaneously happen