Doctors facing side effects while wearing PPE kits.
Since The covid-19 pandemic has began doctors as well as health workers are facing severe issues related to the PPE kit as well as most of us are aware of the fact that doctor treating covid-19 patient has to mandatory where a people get to keep away from the infection .Constantly wearing PPE kit for hours and hours day and they are creating a problem in doctors life as well as with all the health workers.
According to a resident doctor from Mumbai ,said that, majority of doctors in Mumbai working in covid-19 in the outbreak they are complaining of weight loss is one of the biggest issue ."We feel suffocated, we sweat a lot for the entire duration of our shift ,we cannot take it off , you can't even toilet breaks as that would be changing the entire kit before entering the wards again and we completely feel exhausted ".
So, naturally there has been a significant weight loss along with tiredness and mental stress. This weight loss is a serious health concern which we are facing drastically.
Resident doctor has told us that we are for front-line workers and we are proud of what we are doing but another truth is we have been working on extremely stressful conditions. "All of us have lost weight" Our family is also worried for our health and this loss is visible and also our shifts get extended due to high amount of patients.
"Dehydration" can be a significant problem in wearing a PPE Kit while working in the environment this affects the hydration and may contribute to experience physiological but in such as headache, dizziness, strong sensation of thirst and reduced congestion and distraction from the job.
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