Non Government Organizations (NGO)-The gap fillers during COVID-19 lockdown in Assam, India
COVID-19 pandemic caused due to SARS-CoV2 has disrupted the spectrum of health care. The wide arrays of supportive and palliative care needed for patients with ailments were grossly neglected, due to the diversion of resources and healthcare professionals in COVID management. This deficiency was fu...
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| author | Joyeeta Talukdar Abhibroto Karmakar Ruby Dhar Arun Kumar Subhradip Karmakar |
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| description | COVID-19 pandemic caused due to SARS-CoV2 has disrupted the spectrum of health care. The wide arrays of supportive and palliative care needed for patients with ailments were grossly neglected, due to the diversion of resources and healthcare professionals in COVID management. This deficiency was further exaggerated by extended lockdown and closure of outdoor patient care services resulting in unprecedented crisis in disease management. Further, COVID-19 has been associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality arising from associated risk factors in geriatric subjects and those with other high risk co-morbidities like hypertension, COPD, diabetes and cancer. North East Indian states and the adjoining regions seem to have suffered substantially during the COVID-19 crisis due to their pre-existing vulnerabilities and under developed health care infrastructure and logistics. This deficiency, however, seems to have been fulfilled substantially by the participation of NGO (Non-Government Organizations) and other volunteer services who has actively participated to provide basic healthcare and other life support to cancer patients in this crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-56f3b47ce4d44abd80ae5703f50ff1662022-12-21T18:50:28ZengManipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaAsian Journal of Medical Sciences2467-91002091-05762021-06-01126115121https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v12i6.36488Non Government Organizations (NGO)-The gap fillers during COVID-19 lockdown in Assam, IndiaJoyeeta Talukdar 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4922-2283Abhibroto Karmakar 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9697-9107Ruby Dhar 2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3600-6554Arun Kumar 3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8800-0296Subhradip Karmakar 4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4757-8729Research Associate-I, Lab No-3018 Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Junior Research Fellow, Lab No-3018 Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Scientist, Room No-3020 Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Budge Budge, Kolkata, India Associate-Professor, Room No-3020 Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India COVID-19 pandemic caused due to SARS-CoV2 has disrupted the spectrum of health care. The wide arrays of supportive and palliative care needed for patients with ailments were grossly neglected, due to the diversion of resources and healthcare professionals in COVID management. This deficiency was further exaggerated by extended lockdown and closure of outdoor patient care services resulting in unprecedented crisis in disease management. Further, COVID-19 has been associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality arising from associated risk factors in geriatric subjects and those with other high risk co-morbidities like hypertension, COPD, diabetes and cancer. North East Indian states and the adjoining regions seem to have suffered substantially during the COVID-19 crisis due to their pre-existing vulnerabilities and under developed health care infrastructure and logistics. This deficiency, however, seems to have been fulfilled substantially by the participation of NGO (Non-Government Organizations) and other volunteer services who has actively participated to provide basic healthcare and other life support to cancer patients in this crisis.https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/36488cancerassamnon-government organizationscovid-19anxietydepression |
| spellingShingle | Joyeeta Talukdar Abhibroto Karmakar Ruby Dhar Arun Kumar Subhradip Karmakar Non Government Organizations (NGO)-The gap fillers during COVID-19 lockdown in Assam, India Asian Journal of Medical Sciences cancer assam non-government organizations covid-19 anxiety depression |
| title | Non Government Organizations (NGO)-The gap fillers during COVID-19 lockdown in Assam, India |
| title_full | Non Government Organizations (NGO)-The gap fillers during COVID-19 lockdown in Assam, India |
| title_fullStr | Non Government Organizations (NGO)-The gap fillers during COVID-19 lockdown in Assam, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non Government Organizations (NGO)-The gap fillers during COVID-19 lockdown in Assam, India |
| title_short | Non Government Organizations (NGO)-The gap fillers during COVID-19 lockdown in Assam, India |
| title_sort | non government organizations ngo the gap fillers during covid 19 lockdown in assam india |
| topic | cancer assam non-government organizations covid-19 anxiety depression |
| url | https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/36488 |
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