From rising violence to worsening mental health, children across the world are set to face the damaging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for years to come.
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The pandemic is running its cruel course, leaving in its wake orphaned children and broken homes.
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Express News Service
BENGALURU: The pandemic is running its cruel course, leaving in its wake orphaned children and broken homes. In many cases, children are left in the custody of a close relative or friend as their parents battle Covid in hospitals, sometimes successfully, and sometimes not. Faced with such a situation, the medical fraternity is now concerned about the future of such children.
Paediatrician and adolescent health specialist Dr Preethi Galgali said, “The medical fraternity has been very concerned about the orphaning of children. Some hospitals are working out the finer details of what to do with the child, and getting parents to sign a declaration or give instructions when entire families are hospitalised, about what should be done if anything goes wrong.