A multi-pronged mental health strategy for coronavirus warriors is the need of the hour. 14 hours ago In this photograph taken on July 15, 2020 doctors and nurses attend to a coronavirus patient in the Intensive Care Unit of the Sharda Hospital, in Greater Noida. | Xavier Galiana/AFP
The second wave of coronavirus infections had pushed many frontline workers in India to a breaking point. Media reports have shown that an overwhelming number of healthcare workers sought psychological help to cope with the relentless demands of Covid-19, especially during the second surge.
Even as the surge subsides on the back of vaccines, the trauma could have lingering effects on this workforce. Readjusting to normalcy will therefore entail addressing not just the physical and economic aftershocks of the pandemic, but also the psychological.
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