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A plea for PPE, not petals -Manisha Bangar

-The Telegraph

'The way the clustering of cases is on the rise in hospitals — which has led to the closure of 20 hospitals so far — it may lead to more closures'

As a gastroenterologist and transplant hepatologist, my speciality and commitment to my profession amid the current public health disaster because of Covid-19 demands that I stretch myself in whatever possible way to care for the sick who need healthcare, emergency or otherwise.

Although I am not at the frontline of managing Covid-19, all the doctors from other specialities and I carry an enhanced risk of contracting this infection in community and hospital settings.

I have devised a way to reduce the risk by gradually shifting half of the time with my patients to personalised telemedicine. Many more doctors are joining the bandwagon. Many hospitals are doing this from the start of the lockdown.

But rendering services in hospital against the background of escalating cases in the community is not only a personal call but also a moral responsibility as much as is sustaining your livelihood.

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