{"id":29220,"date":"2020-07-03T19:01:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T13:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=29220"},"modified":"2020-07-03T19:01:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T13:31:48","slug":"patients-arrive-at-hospitals-only-when-their-symptoms-worsen-dak-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=29220","title":{"rendered":"Patients arrive at hospitals only when their symptoms worsen,\u201d DAK President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Srinagar<\/strong>: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said fear of getting stigmatised leads to delay in seeking medical help which is the main reason for increase in number of Covid-19 deaths in Kashmir valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPatients arrive at hospitals only when their symptoms worsen,\u201d said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEarly detection of cases is the key to reduce Covid-19 deaths,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut, patients come to hospitals late when their lungs are largely affected which decreases their chances of survival,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Nisar said instead of making people aware about the disease, an environment of fear and panic has been created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFear and misconceptions about the pandemic have resulted in social stigma for both patients and their families,\u201d he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Nisar said stigma makes people to hide their illness and keep them away from seeking health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is an urgent need to scale up awareness among people on Covid and do away with the stigma that has come to surround pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Nisar said shifting critically-ill patients who are on life-support from various hospitals to Covid designated hospitals is also contributing to increased mortality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShifting them to dedicated hospitals is leading to interruption and delay in treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost of these Covid death cases have underlying medical conditions which is liable to get neglected in Covid centers for want of specialists and equipments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to revisit the existing protocol for shifting critically-ill patients, who test positive for Covid-19 at different hospitals,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Nisar said another reason for surge in deaths is lack of ECMO machines in Covid centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost of Covid patients who get placed on conventional ventilators die, but ECMO machine saves patients from the brink of death,\u201d he said.<br \/>\u201cWhile plasma therapy has proved life-saving in critically-ill Covid patients, hospitals in Kahmir have nothing to offer to dying Covid patients,\u201d said Dr Nisar.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said fear of getting stigmatised leads to delay in seeking medical help which is the main reason for increase in number of Covid-19 deaths in Kashmir valley. \u201cPatients arrive at hospitals only when their symptoms worsen,\u201d said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. \u201cEarly detection 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