Letter: The second wave of Covid-19 caused a mental scar not only in their patients or relatives who surrendered to the virus but also the doctor who took care of.
After watching, from close range, younger death and sudden death patients who seemed recovered had left several doctors in depth.
It has been almost two months since the second wave reached its peak and at this time the case dropped.
However, the pair of city doctors, who keep patients in the ICU, cannot overcome trauma.
Both of them took the help of a psychiatrist to improve their personal lives.
They find it difficult to be intimate each other and sleep in different rooms.
This is not an isolated case.
Another doctor’s pair, about the same Covid-19 task, took counseling from a psychiatrist to help them get out of trauma to revive their relationship.
“Couple doctors claim that they cannot enjoy a comfortable moment with each other because they handle some of the most critical cases and see patients, who seem to be recovered, dead suddenly.
The main reason for shock is a sudden death of a normal patient a few hours ago, “Dr.
beat Choksi, who helped some doctors out of trauma.
Dr.
Parimal Desai is a psychiatrist who has treated many cases of anxiety.
“Many doctors come for care and counseling complaining that they suffer from nightmares and cannot sleep well.
Sleep they see RT-PCR reports, ventilator settings or CT-scan reports,” Desai said.
Two Covid waves produce 1.11 lakh city population infected with 1,629 patients who surrendered to the virus.
The second wave, in particular, stretched health infrastructure to its limits and took great casualties in health workers.
Explain the severe impact of the terrible situation during the covid-19 peak of a senior doctor at Municipal Corporation said, “A senior doctor who handles critical cases during the peak has developed the habit of verifying several times with hospital staff before signing documents.
Doctors cannot Concentrate.
His property is a severe anxiety case.
“Intervention specialist stopped going to the hospital after developing fear wearing PPE kit.
Then, his wife approached a psychiatrist to ask for help.
“The doctor felt panicked immediately after wearing a kit and he couldn’t work because he stopped going to his hospital,” said a psychiatrist.
Meanwhile, Dr.
Trupti Patel, a psychiatrist explained how the hospital staff, apart from the doctor, also faced severe mental conditions.
“I treated a woman’s psychologist who handled Covid-19 patients for a NGO.
He suffered fatigue and angry with the patient.
He depressed and felt guilty about how he could not help people dying because Covid,” Patel added.