COVID-19: My personal experience: Letters to The Editor

I was tested COVID-19 positive and admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) on September 11, 2020
COVID-19: My personal experience: Letters to The Editor

COVID-19: My personal experience

I was tested COVID-19 positive and admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) on September 11, 2020 in a critical condition. Prior to that I was having a mild fever coupled with extreme weakness and loss of appetite for about a week. Being a patient of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for last five years, my case was considered by the doctors as extremely critical. Oxygen saturation level which in my case is always maintained below the normal standard level because of COPD, dipped further to an alarming level below 85 on the night of September 11. The alarm bell was rung and the doctors started administering aggressive medication which included life-saving medicines like Remdesivir vials and the most crucial plasma therapy. Due to the untiring efforts of the doctors, I started feeling better and my condition became stable within five days after admission to the hospital. The recovery process started well and everything looked very promising. Never did I imagine at that time that another shock was just waiting for me which was totally unexpected, sudden and absolutely uncalled for. As it turned out, my wife also tested COVID positive on September 20 and was admitted to the ward adjacent to that of mine. Amidst all these adversities, the good news in my wife's case was that unlike me she had only mild symptoms and her condition was stable. I am happy to inform you all that by the grace of God, both of us have recovered and have been discharged from hospital on September 24, 2020. We are now observing home quarantine protocol for a week.

Let me tell everyone that the medical care which I received at GMCH was just superb. The untiring efforts of the doctors, nursing staff and other health personnel including the person who administered and monitored external oxygen supply to me throughout the night of September 11 eventually yielded positive results and I was able to come back from the jaws of a possible disaster. Life-saving medicines, injectables, saline and most importantly plasma therapy were provided free of cost. Good quality breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea which includes snacks and fruits, dinner and abundant quantity of mineral water are provided to every patient without levying any charge. In addition, the doctors took special care to monitor my health condition on a constant basis and did everything that was required to ensure my recovery. As many as on two occasions, two different doctors made video calls to me and shared their views about my health with encouraging words which I realized was actually a display of their kindness and compassion to a suffering patient to boost his confidence level.

I find no words to express my gratitude to the medical fraternity in GMCH, the State health department and the dynamic Health Minister of Assam. I just bow my head before all of them with all humility, admiration and a deep sense of personal regards.

Dilip Kumar Das,

Guwahati

Machine to sanitize books

It is a well initiative taken by the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) to develop a machine for sanitizing books and paper materials. The machine has been dubbed as the Auto Book Sanitizing Composite Machine (ABSCoM). At present, such types of machines are very much needed because most of the people in our society are afraid of touching books and newspapers due to the coronavirus. Besides it, books are carriers of a lot of germs and viruses, especially those in the libraries as these change hands frequently. No doubt, the machine would greatly benefit students as well as common readers of our society during this pandemic period.

Rupak G. Duarah,

Guwahati 

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