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Zulekha Hospital in UAE launches Covid recovery clinic

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There are a lot of different symptoms surrounding the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS COV 2) and therefore medical and health care professionals have been regarding this new disease as a mixture of many diseases. Even after putting up months of untiring fight and dedicated efforts, the healthcare providers haven’t been able to come up with a definitive diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment plan. From person to person According to them, the treatment plan and disease outcome varies from person to person and many factors play a part in this. One of the most important factors is the immune system. People with weakened immune system such as those with diabetes or other immune related disorders are known to be at a greater risk of being affected by this disease. These are the same people that if get affected, can display severe signs and symptoms. What about other diseases? There are many people out there who still don’t believe in the authenticity of th...

World toilet day 2020

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This year the world toilet day was observed on 19 th November 2020 and its purpose was to promote safe sanitation and toilet facilities to roughly 4 billion people who are living without these basic amenities. This year’s theme is sustainable sanitation and climate change. Many of you wouldn’t have estimated that billions of people would be living without such facility but to be honest, these numbers are real. How does climate change affects? While one might think that climate change has nothing to do with the sanitation facility, however he/she might be extremely ignorant. Because climate change affects water supply in one way or another it has a direct link with sanitation. As water levels rise around the globe due to glaciers melting and sea temperatures rising both drinking water and sanitation facilities are in danger. Motive of authorities World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC), and United Nations (UN) all are working individual...

Can bar soap transmit germs?

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  Up until now it has been thought that washing hands with bar soap and water can kill a lot of germs but can these bar soaps also transmit germs without us knowing? There are always two sides to a story but washing hands with bar soap and water is not a story. In fact it is a full flash method of practicing hand hygiene as instructed by World health organization (WHO) and centers for disease control and prevention (CDC). According to both these authorities you need to wash your hands for 20 seconds with an approved bar soap and water and then dry them off. Unclean hands – A sweet medium We, humans are quite incapable of seeing germs with our naked eyes and therefore we can’t visualize how dirty our hands are at times. While we are working, eating, or running any errand, chances are we’d have a ton of microorganisms on our hands. Now these microorganism love to spread and proliferate and for that we can provide a sweet medium by not keeping our hands clean. You need to unde...

Debunking first aid myths

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There are a lot of myths that surround this topic but aren’t real pretty much, anyways. Because such myths are abundant and quite common around this crucial topic, following wrong advice does unseen damage. From a healthcare point of view, if in crucial times first aid is given properly it might save a life and if not then adverse outcomes await the recipient. The giver of first aid should be properly trained or at least have ample knowledge of what he/she is doing. It has been always believed that half knowledge is always dangerous but in the case of first-aid, fake knowledge is also quite destructive. You don’t have a lot of time to act when you see someone suffering from a health emergency and when it’s a loved one; it becomes quite difficult to react as required. For example you need to apply Dettol antiseptic liquid on a cut wound rather than leaving it to bleed because it’s more appropriate.  Just like that, here are a few myths about which you don’t need to worry today on...