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COVID-19 - THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ENTITY

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Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 there is a popular saying heard from patient’s relatives who say that due to fear their relative's condition worsened and they succumbed to death. After listening from many victim’s relatives it was necessary for us to enquire regarding this. We came in touch with an MBBS intern who was working in the Covid wards of Government hospital who chose to keep his name to be anonymous He stated that “the relatives of the victims are partly or wholly correct in this regard because when in the ward if patient’s condition worsens or he succumbs to death the patients in the same ward get stressed and anxiety which leads to more severity in their disease and 1 or 2 of which even die although their condition was stable and within a day or so they may even get discharged but they themselves worsen their situation due to anxiety.“ On further conversation with the Intern, he shared with us a wonderful experience where he with his Senior duty Doctor...