IMA Daltonganj on Monday today dispelled many of the ‘apprehensions, fears and panic’ of the common people at its press conference here held in the IMA hall, wherein were present IMA Daltonganj president Arun Shukla, civil surgeon John F Kennedy, secretary Anwar Nezam, deputy superintendent Anil Kr Srivastava and Vishal Gaurav.
The IMA on Monday came out of its shell, for which it had in the past won more tongue lashing. The first thing that the IMA did was to give a big hand and moral support to civil surgeon Palamu Kennedy saying “ This CS Kennedy opened an extra OPD for visitors having cold cough sneeze and fever on Sunday and examined the visitors on the inaugural day without any panic on his face.”
Vishal Gaurav in his message cleared the big fear and apprehension that chicken eating at this time when coronavirus is most talked about thing is to be strongly avoided said, “Eat whatever you like. Chicken is no forbidden.
Eat as you like. Have other food like fish and meat. Chicken, fish and mutton do not matter anything.”
Gaurav took another common query that a poor man eats stale boiled rice say overnight boiled rice with salt, red or green chili and does the poor man expose himself to cold and cough to which he said “ Cold and cough is no coronavirus. It is a seasonal flu. It can happen to anyone. regards cold overnight boiled rice there is no restriction at all. It depends upon the immunity of the eater of such rice if his or her body bears it well.”On the question of that fingers be not taken down to eyes and ears the doctors attending it looked divided as while Vishal Gaurav said, “Avoid taking your hands right up to your eyes and ears as it is a risk” while on the other hand Arun Shukla president of IMA said quite loudly, “Such curbs are impractical. One cannot be so mindful as to where his hands are going.”
Although this division of opinion was there the doctors had one point of agreement, “Do not panic. Do not get nervous. This phase will be over once Palamu takes to its record history of high temperature.”
Secretary Anwar Nezam was all praise for the Modi government for taking immediate steps in curbing containing and minimising the risk to health here unlike Iran and Italy which got devastated by the catastrophe of this virus. Anwar Nezam spoke of visa curbs, travel scanning and other measures.
He too said no country can afford to make mask available to its entire population.
He referred to Korea which did but he added the demography of Korea is no match to our vast India. Anil Kr Srivastava said, Doctors use masks in OTs and other purposes which are thrown as a mask has a six hour life.
I tell you the discarded masks are now re cycled and sold in market. So beware of this huge health risk.”
The IMA spoke in common language avoiding any larger and noisy medical jargons. The IMA appealed to the people live life of your own without risking the others.