Let us learn to follow SOPs
We are fast approaching the 200 mark on Covid-19 deaths, besides 11K mark on positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir. Since the numbers are pretty high given our healthcare facilities and infrastructure, the best way people can ensure a decline in the number of fatalities and positive cases is to follow the guidelines and SOPs quite religiously to prevent Covid-19 spread.
We have been witnessing a long list of do’s and don’ts since March when the deadly virus made its presence felt in Kashmir. Though initially we did not observer a steep hike in the number of deaths or positive cases, but off late the trend has reversed.
Jammu and Kashmir witnesses deaths continuously besides, an average number of 350 person’s tests positive for the virus on daily basis. This should alarm us as the healthcare infrastructure we have available here cannot support such a huge rush of patients and fatalities.
No wonder then that the Doctors Association of Kashmir admitted quite candidly that our hospitals can handle cases if they come in a trickle. But if the cases swell to waves, the healthcare system will collapse.
The warning sounded by the medico body seems to have come quite late. The healthcare setup has already been witnessing a huge pressure owing to the growing number of cases. Although most of the hospitals are not running their OPD’s and other facilities to their full capacity, but the pressure is already piling up and showing as well.
In this kind of a scenario the people need to be extra vigilant and ensure that full precautions are taken. We already have a list of what to do and what to avoid. Almost the entire populace is in know of it, but somehow we have been ignoring these SOPs and guidelines.
Recently, DAK also asked people to use masks, maintain hygiene and avoid social contacts terming these measures as the only vaccine available against the coronavirus at present. This sort of advice has been pouring from other countries where Covid-19 brought the entire machinery on its knees.
Just today Doctors from Kashmir working in Britain also appealed the people of the valley to cooperate with the medical professionals by following their advice to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
Concerned over the sudden rise in number of COVID-19 cases in the valley, top doctors of the British Kashmiri Medical Association (BKMA) in a video in Kashmiri language urged the people to follow the standard operating procedures to curb the spread of the infection.
It is high time that we realize the threat and without wasting any time we should make it a point to follow all the necessary guidelines religiously. This alone will ensure our safety from the deadly virus. Otherwise, ignoring the guidelines or SOPs will lead us into more trouble and chaos.
KV Network
