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Usha Jesudasan, who is affected by polio, diabetes and breast cancer and is an author of many self-help and inspirational books, rationalises how Covid which so destroyed her with the fear of dying alone, actually taught her how to live better. Death is no stranger to me. One balmy afternoon in February 1997, I sat holding my husband Kumar’s hand, as he slipped peacefully away from this world. It was his desire to die in our bed, with our three young children, his best friends and close family…

हम अक्सर मेडिकल इमरजेंसी के लिए तैयार नहीं होते हैं। बेहतर होगा कि हम पहले से अपनी सूची बनाएं और अपनी बनाई हुई सूची की समय-समय पर समीक्षा करें। यहां कुछ दिशानिर्देश और संकेत दिए गए हैं जिन पर आपको विचार करना चाहिए। जब घर में कोई प्रियजन अचानक या गंभीर रूप से बीमार पड़ जाता है, या कोई दुर्घटना हो जाती है, तो घबरा जाना स्वाभाविक है। परिवार के सदस्य ऐसे में स्थिति स्वीकार नहीं कर पाते या समझ नहीं पाते कि क्या करें।  वे उम्मीद करने लगते हैं कि कुछ देर रुकें तो समस्या खुदबखुद ठीक हो…

Rima Desai Rao, a registered dietitian, nutritionist and National Executive Member of the Indian Dietetic Association explains how your diet works to keep you healthy and help build immunity.   Keeping our immune system in prime condition is always of top priority in these challenging times. Any mention of boosting immunity, one starts thinking of superfoods and thinks it is a very quick job. Immuno boosters are not a magic potion that would provide immediate protection from disease.…

There are more than 100,000 deaths per annum in India due to organ failure. Most of these could have been prevented if there were enough organ donors. Jaya Jairam, Project Manager MOHAN Foundation addresses the myths and misconceptions that exist and urges each one of us to be an organ donor. It is estimated that more than a million Indians suffer from end stage organ failure annually, while only around 10,000 are able to get a life-saving transplants in a year. Unofficial statistics from…

As fatalities due to Covid-19 continues unabated, conversations about death gain relevance. We speak with Dr Sneha Rooh, a palliative physician, who has hosted 32 Death Cafes for the purpose of talking about death. You have introduced a radically new concept to India in the form of Death Cafés. Could you tell us something about these Cafes and what really happens there? Death Cafes are places where strangers come together to talk about their experiences and thoughts about death, dying, caring…

हम सभी अब वर्क फ्रॉम होम (घर से काम करना) के आदी हो गए हैं, पर फिर से ऑफिस से काम करना तो शुरू करना ही होगा। वापस ऑफिस से काम करने की अपनी चुनौतियां होंगी। आइए देखें कि इस प्रक्रिया को आसान बनाने के लिए और सुरक्षित रहने के लिए कौन-कौन सी सावधानियां जरूरी हैं। काम करने के लिए आना-जाना: यदि आप सार्वजनिक परिवहन का उपयोग कर रहे हैं - जैसे बस या ट्रेन - तो हर समय मास्क पहने रहें, अपने आस-पास की सतहों को छूने से बचें, और सोशल डिसटेंसिंग - सामाजिक दूरी - यानि कि दो गज की दूरी बनाए रखें। दस्ताने पहनना…

We have to break the silence surrounding grief, especially around death by suicide, and learn to deal with sorrow in a healthy and sensitive manner, writes psychologist Chandra Ramamurthy. I am a Clinical Psychologist by training. I lost my son, Naman Dutt, age 17 years, by possible suicide. The reason why I say possible suicide is because the circumstances of his death still baffle me. Naman was diagnosed with depression and though I have seen severe clinical depression in my practice, I never…

When the lockdown was announced,  Pradnya and her family of 8 people made elaborate plans to limit movement, adopt safety measures to protect the two elderly people in the family. But despite their best efforts, one by one they started developing symptoms. Read about their ordeal and how they coped and survived Covd-19 in Mumbai.       Covid-19 has really taken over our lives, hasn’t it? It doesn’t need to though. These are really difficult times on us, and the very…

Usha Jesudasan, who is affected by polio, diabetes and breast cancer and is an author of many self-help and inspirational books, talks about Covid-19 lockdown woes and how this is the best time to make those changes we would like, but never get round to doing. Covid-19 crept up on us didn’t it? I saw the heart breaking numbers of people dying, rising every day in Italy- it was so far away from us. Then suddenly one day it was in our midst. On the first Sunday of the lockdown, when the Prime…

क्या आप जानते हैं कि संकट होने पर एम्बुलेंस बुलाना कब उचित होगा, और कब आप टैक्सी से या अपनी गाडी ड्राइव करके अपने लिए या प्रियजन के लिए अस्पताल जा सकते हैं? इस लेख में डॉ शीतल रावल बताती हैं कि सही विकल्प चुनने के लिए किन पहलु ओं पर ध्यान देना होगा। जब कोई मेडिकल संकट होता है, तब तुरंत उचित सहायता प्राप्त करना अत्यंत आवश्यक है! कभी-कभी लगता है कि आपात स्थिति में एम्बुलेंस बुलाने के बजाए खुद ही क्यों न तेजी से गाड़ी चला कर अस्पताल चले जाएँ?। हालाँकि यह कुछ स्थिति में बेहतर हो सकता है, पर अन्य…