Hyderabad: The second wave of Covid-19 infections has wreaked havoc across the country infecting lakhs of people and claiming thousands of lives every day.
More than the disease, the misinformation circulated over social media related to its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment is causing more anxiety among the citizens.
While people even with mild symptoms are rushing to hospitals, several others have gotten a CT scan without the advice of any doctor.
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Against this backdrop, the Hyderabad-based Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) has formulated a comprehensive COVID-19 patient guide to raise awareness among the public on the various facets of Covid-19.
The guide was prepared by Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman and MD of AIG and Dr G V Rao, Director at AIG.
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Misinformation can breed unnecessary fears and apprehensions. Fear and anxiety will damage immunity.
So far, 20,000 COVID-19 patients have successfully recovered at AIG.
Keeping that in view, AIG has formulated this guide to help people understand the treatment protocol.
AIG will soon translate it into all Indian languages. Special planning is needed to deal with such pandemics in the future.
In fact, it is important to bring public and private hospitals under one umbrella.
Then public will have a clear idea about the medical services offered at different places. Such attempts have been made to an extent in Delhi and Bengaluru.
