Authored india’s first COVID-19 book

Dr Rajesh Parikh, 66, Mumbai 
Director of Medical Research and Honorary Neuropsychiatrist at the Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre

Back in December 2019, when the term Coronavirus was just a distant thought to India, I had already cautioned my hospital staff and started laying down strict protocols, to make the hospital COVID-19 ready. As part of the profession, it is my duty to be up-to-date about what’s happening in the medical field. Initially, I just kept reading articles and reports about the virus affecting people in China, but as reports came from other countries as well, I tracked it as a global medical development. I realised instantly that this virus was a potential threat to the world at large and inevitable.