'More deaths than in all my years of services combined': Doctor's COVID-19 warning on Twitter

As India battles the second wave of the COVID19 pandemic it reported 184372 new Covid19 cases in the last 24 hours setting another grim oneday record taking the overall tally to 1387825 on WednesdayAt the frontend 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 responsePlease please wear masks I dont know about other people but Im physically and mentally exhausted with crazy shifts and calling more deaths than I did in all my years of service combined If you still dont care please go inside COVID units as my proxy Thanks wrote Dr Dipshikha GhoshPlease please wear masks I donrsquot know about other people but Irsquom physically and mentally exhausted with crazy shifts and calling more deaths than I did in all my years of service combined If you still donrsquot care please go inside COVID units as my proxy Thanksmdash Doctor DipshikhaGhosh April 12 2021Twitterati expressed their gratitude Enquiring if the second wave had intensified one user wrote So it starts againTo this Dr Ghosh replied It started weeks ago Nobody bothered They wont be bothered till one person in every family is affected Practising preventative medicine is impossible here People just dont get it Idk if its complete disregard for public health or low IQIt started weeks ago Nobody bothered They wonrsquot be bothered till one person in every family is affected Practising Preventative Medicine is impossible here People just donrsquot get it Idk if itrsquos complete disregard for public health or low IQmdash Doctor DipshikhaGhosh April 12 2021Ghosh said that breaking the news of death to family members was ldquothe hardest thing I had to sit throughrdquoIts 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 Ive ever had to sit through she tweetedA Twitter user who is also a pathologist as per her bio shared her own experienceShe wrote The fallout of this pandemic has truly been so bad Im a resident I havent 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 dutyOne post read She is 10037 right I am just out of an ICU and can vouch for these Residents toiling night n day For Gods sake they can be your kids Dont be ungratefulApologising 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 amp kiss their children for months now emotionally distraught I have lost 11 ppl in 1yrFirst 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 amp kiss their children for months now emotionally distraught I have lost 11 ppl in 1yr pictwittercomRHereyVth2mdash 0Entropy TimusIlluminati April 12 2021Many users shared the Dipshikhas tweet and urged people to restrainLockdown 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 httpstcoQU8TJBBBZJmdash Rajat Deorah deorah April 13 2021The number of deaths Ive seen in one year of internshipI dont want to experience em again ever in my life Please wear your maskMaskUpIndia httpstco9fRrNoAfmvmdash StethoscopeOnView Kshitizu4 April 13 2021