"Please, please wear masks...If you still don't care, please go inside COVID units as my proxy," she tweeted
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As India battles the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it reported 1,84,372 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, setting another grim one-day record, taking the overall tally to 13,87,825 on Wednesday.
At the front-end of this battle are doctors. Eventhough there have been multiple directives by the state and the Centre on the importance of wearing masks, many are not understanding their social responsibility. One such doctor posted on Twitter about how dire the situation is and received an overwhelming response.
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"Please, please wear masks. I don't know about other people but I'm physically and mentally exhausted with crazy shifts and calling more deaths than I did in all my years of service combined. If you still don't care, please go inside COVID units as my proxy. Thanks," wrote Dr Dipshikha Ghosh.
Please, please wear masks. I don’t know about other people but I’m physically and mentally exhausted with crazy shifts and calling more deaths than I did in all my years of service combined. If you still don’t care, please go inside COVID units as my proxy. Thanks.
— Doctor (@DipshikhaGhosh) April 12, 2021
Twitterati expressed their gratitude. Enquiring if the second wave had intensified, one user wrote, "So, it starts again?"
To this Dr Ghosh replied, "It started weeks ago. Nobody bothered. They won't be bothered till one person in every family is affected. Practising preventative medicine is impossible here. People just don't get it. Idk if it's complete disregard for public health or low IQ."
It started weeks ago. Nobody bothered. They won’t be bothered till one person in every family is affected. Practising Preventative Medicine is impossible here. People just don’t get it. Idk if it’s complete disregard for public health or low IQ.
— Doctor (@DipshikhaGhosh) April 12, 2021
Ghosh said that breaking the news of death to family members was “the hardest thing I had to sit through.”
"It's just heartbreaking... Breaking news of death to family members over the phone and hearing them scream and howl in shock and grief is the hardest thing I've ever had to sit through..." she tweeted.
A Twitter user, who is also a pathologist as per her bio, shared her own experience.
She wrote, "The fallout of this pandemic has truly been so bad! I'm a resident, I haven't touched my books in a year, our department is "understaffed" which means they are holding funds in case of a crisis. I have been on call 4 nights a week in addition to covid duty."
One post read: "She is 100% right. I am just out of an ICU and can vouch for these... Residents toiling night n day. For God's sake, they can be your kids. Don't be ungrateful."
Apologising for the carelessness of a large number of people, a user wrote, "First off Dipshikha, as an ordinary citizen we can only apologize to you for being so insensitive. I have several doc friends. Some have been jabbed 2X yet got infected. They are unable to hug & kiss their children for months now, emotionally distraught. I have lost 11 ppl in 1yr."
First off Dipshikha, as an ordinary citizen we can only apologize to you for being so insensitive. I have several doc friends. Some have been jabbed 2X yet got infected. They are unable to hug & kiss their children for months now, emotionally distraught. I have lost 11 ppl in 1yr pic.twitter.com/RHereyVth2
— 0Entropy (@TimusIlluminati) April 12, 2021
Many users shared the Dipshikha's tweet and urged people to "restrain".
Lockdown or no Lockdown... We need to restrain ourselves. Please follow protocols. Masks are the only solution. And not just for the initial 5 minutes of your meetings https://t.co/QU8TJBBBZJ
— Rajat Deorah (@deorah) April 13, 2021
The number of deaths I've seen in one year of internship,
— StethoscopeOnView (@Kshitizu4) April 13, 2021
I don't want to experience 'em again ever in my life. 💔
Please wear your mask#MaskUpIndia https://t.co/9fRrNoAfmv
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