KASHMIR LIFE(KL): How can Covid-19 positive pregnant women take care of themselves? What measures should be taken by females to avoid contracting the virus? DR NIGHAT FIRDAUS (DNF): As far as antenatal care (pregnancy care) in Covid-19 positive women is concerned it is just like any other normal pregnancy. There is no difference unless there are extreme cases where ICU admission is needed. The patient should be cared for and taken care of like a normal pregnant female.
Suppose a patient is asymptomatic, the only additional thing that can be done is that if there is some suspicion, the Covid-19 test should be carried out immediately. That is very important.
Second, comes the counselling part, where the pregnant woman needs to be told that there’s nothing serious about testing positive, there is nothing to worry and we should try to break the stigma to her.
Once a pregnant woman turns out positive, she has to isolate herself from others. But that won’t stop her from receiving the same care and treatment Covid-19 negative pregnant females have. The isolation is important so that she doesn’t transmit her infection to other family members or the people around her.
However, there are categories: say an asymptomatic patient gets tested and turns out positive. She simply has to isolate, take a good diet, plenty of fluids as a pregnant woman’s immune system is already compromised.
But if a woman starts getting symptoms, say milder symptoms, it is recommended for her to not travel all the way long from her native village to Srinagar. Unnecessary travel should be avoided. Instead, she should visit the nearest facility available where she will be taken care of.
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Before The Kabul Retreat
Described as the ‘Graveyard of Empires’, Afghanistan was always termed to be at peace when it was at war. But the land-locked desert country that was always in turmoil and one of the worst targets of the Great Game suffered immensely throughout, especially in the last 40 years, Masood Hussain writes
FINGERS CROSSED
Almost everybody in academia and politics that Khalid Bashir Gura spoke to, the response over Kabul happens was simple – wait and watch
Parliamentary Committee In Srinagar
The visiting 28-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs have had detailed interactions with top civil administration and discussed developmental scenario and people’s welfare measures in Jammu and Kashmir. It is on a 4-day visit. Congress leader and MP Anand Sharma is heading the committee.
MUSIC IN MUD HOUSE
Deep into north Kashmir, Faheem Mir meet a small community that sings and lives on folk music but is facing a tense situation in the last few years
THE KABUL SPILLOVER?
Security experts are divided over the possible impact of the Kabul situation on Kashmir. But the dramatic Taliban triumph has altered the region’s geopolitics, for the time being, writes Riyaz Wani
Durga Bhawan At Katra
To enhancing facilities for the convenience of the Vaishno Devi pilgrims, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha laid the foundation for the Durga Bhawan, a high utility pilgrim-centric facility worth Rs 24.4 crore. The facility will accommodate 4000 pilgrims.
Women Empowerment
In the first, 480 talented girls from Jammu and Kashmir were included in the degree and diploma courses of the Pragati Scholarship. Jammu and Kashmir has also got nine scholarships under the Saksham Scheme for Persons with Disabilities.
‘SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT IS THE OUTCOME OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN KASHMIR STAND-OFF'
Foreign policy expert and editor of HardNews magazine, Sanjay Kapoor believes that Taliban 2.0 has more legitimacy unlike in the past as it had signed a deal with the US and negotiated with other countries of the region, but the final verdict can be passed only after it manages ticklish issues involving half of its population, the women
Boredom Is Creative?
Getting bored is not as boring as it gets, writes Azra Hussain
LG In Bangus
Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Bungus Awaam Mela amidst grand arrangements for village games, exhilarating local performances, and other activities to celebrate the 75th year of Independence.
