LONDON: many British Pakistani doctors working on the frontline for the National Health Service (NHS) are affected directly by the damaging coronavirus after coming into contact with patients in hospitals, associations of Pakistani physicians within the united kingdom confirmed.
Doctors working for the NHS are considered most in peril because of the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) they have been given and fears for the safety of doctors have grown after British Pakistani Dr Habib Zaidi became the first doctor within the united kingdom to possess died because of coronavirus and since then two more doctors have died after catching the deadly virus. it has been reported that around 1 in 4 doctors within the united kingdom are now self-isolating as a precaution to prevent the spread of the virus.
“We are within the method of clearing out and not within the zone,” said the doctor who originates from Kashmir.
A doctor said: I even haven't experienced pain like this ever in my life. This cannot be put in words. I do know seven other doctors who are browsing the same. Thousands of NHS staff working on the frontline are affected.”
Dr. Syed Anjum Gardezi, a specialist of liver diseases and gallbladder endoscopic surgery, said the doctors were overwhelmed with the outpouring of the latest cases. He said doctors were worried at work that they could take the virus home with them to their families. He commented, The issue of protective gears could also be a reality on the opposite hands the coronavirus could also be a worldwide epidemic and thus the entire world is faced with the same issues.”
Officials of associations of Pakistani doctors spoke to those correspondents and spoke of the experiences of their members but many of them sought anonymity because of the privacy issues.
These reporters spoke to three Harley Street doctors who confirmed they were infected in conjunction with their spouses and living in self-isolation.
Another Pakistani doctor said he was tested positive but went back to work after a fortnight of rest and isolation reception. “I went into complete isolation soon after I wont to be tested positive. I'm all fine now.”
A senior official of a Pakistani association said the doctors had fallen ill because they don’t have the right equipment. “The surgical masks given to the doctors have zero protection against the virus.”
Health workers on the front lines within the fight against coronavirus will now be tested after Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and England's chief medic, Professor Chris Whitty tested positive for the virus.
In a change of strategy, the uk has decided that healthcare workers who show symptoms of COVID-19 and other people who accept people who have symptoms are getting to be tested.
The move came because the united kingdom saw an increase of total cases to over 25,150 and fatalities of 1,789 as of 9 am 31 March. Health care workers who are presently working in hospitals are at a substantially higher risk of catching the virus since they add close proximity to patients who have already tested positive for the virus.
Before this development, only patients with flu-like symptoms were being tested but this led to concerns that without testing, healthcare workers wouldn't know whether or not they might safely attend work since they feared they might spread the virus if that that they had contracted it within the road of their duties.
Dr. Habib Zaidi, 76 lost his life with the 'textbook' symptoms of the virus according to his daughter who is additionally a doctor. He was the first British doctor to urge his life to fight the deadly COVID-19 virus.
Aged el-Hawrani, 55 who worked as an ear, nose and throat specialist at Queen’s Hospital Burton in Derbyshire became one of the first NHS workers within the frontlines of the battle against coronavirus to die as a result from the virus.
Speaking to The News, Dr. Syed Iftikhar from Derby said: "We knew about this virus in early January but we didn't prepare ourselves the way we should always have. that's why we ran out of supplies because once we had fallen behind, they became difficult to procure".
"There was rationing of personal Protective Equipment (PPE), masks, gowns,but they weren't available for every doctor, only people who were directly handling COVID-19 positive patients."
Dr. Naseem Warriach, who is additionally an executive member of the Association of Pakistani Physicians of Nothern Europe (APPNE) also shared his insights with The News while commenting on how irresponsible it had been for Boris Johnson to greet with patients of this virus when he was aware of the danger.
"Politicians and leaders should practice what they preach. Even after a member of the cabinet tested positive, the cabinet wasn't maintaining social distancing."
Dr Warriach stressed the actual fact that the virus was a multidimensional issue that required massive testing to repair. He lauded the change within the government's policy by introducing the testing of frontline doctors to reduce the danger of the spread.
APPNE has also issued a handout within the aftermath of this crisis which mentions the creation of a task force that may contribute to the government's efforts in battling the virus. Other measures taken by APPNE include the creation of a database of all IMGs who contacted them, liaising with the Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, Pakistan's diplomat within the united kingdom.
There are two opposing academic studies on the spread of the deadly virus. according to a study by Oxford University, the majority of the population has already contracted the virus and has developed "herd immunity" as a result but since this study couldn't be confirmed, the govt. threw its weight behind the study conducted by Imperial College London which claimed that up to 250,000 people could die within the united kingdom if appropriate social distancing measures weren't taken.
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