Front-line workers share mental health challenges during pandemic Share Updated: 6:44 PM EDT May 12, 2021 Nicol Lally Share Updated: 6:44 PM EDT May 12, 2021
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Show Transcript AN ONGOING EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THOSE WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES. THE HEADS UP COPING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC SERIES ACTUALLY STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC . TODAY’S EVENT WAS HOSTED TO MARK MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND TOUCH BASE WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS PANDEMIC. TODAY’S PANEL INCLUDED AN ICU NURSE, THE HEAD OF THE HOSPITALS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE MANAGER OF THE CO-OP GROCERY STORE IN HANOVE WHILE THE LANDSCAPE OF DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT COVID AND MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH HAS GAINED IMPORTANCE. ALL 3 OF THESE FRONTLINE WORKERS DISCUSSED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THEY FA
Lockdown effect: Tipplers go for panic buying; liquor shops rake in moolah
Wine shops in the city exhausted all of their stocks on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
By Sruthi Vibhavari| Published: 13th May 2021 12:37 pm IST
Hyderabad: Soon after the Telangana government announced a 10-day lockdown, starting Wednesday, tipplers indulged in panic buying across the city and liquor shops registered record sales, sources said.
Market watches said that alcohol worth around Rs 25 crore was sold between 6 am- 10 am on Wednesday morning, before lockdown came into force, in Hyderabad limits alone. Across the state, over Rs 125.41 crore alcohol sales took place during the same time.
Hyderabad: Telangana on Sunday reported 4,976 fresh COVID-19 casestaking the tally to over 4.97 lakh while the toll stood at2,739 with 35 more casualties.
HMC emergency, trauma services continue offering lifesaving care
05 May 2021 - 8:46
By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the main healthcare provider in the country, has ensured that all the healthcare services including medical emergencies continue in a safe environment despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic.
Doctors and nurses across HMC trauma and emergency departments continue to offer lifesaving care to all people with medical emergencies. The Ambulance Services are safely transporting patients with medical emergencies. Also, walk-in patients are received and are triaged by the nursing team and guided to appropriate area and level of care.
A separate area is designed and dedicated to care of patients suspected of COVID-19 and it helps in patients getting the appropriate care by physicians and nurses, said Dr. Mohammad Shuaib Afzal, Assistant Chief, Emergency Department at Hamad General Hospital.