Anxiety and stress increase in society Gradually
The availability of essential goods
and medicines and restriction on movement are not the only concerns that many
of us are facing during this nationwide lock down senior citizens are among the
most vulnerable at the moment both to the corona virus as well as the loneliness
that comes with a lock down it’s brought stress and triggered anxiety in many
years tonight's special report on old and lonely during lock down the 21-day
lock down has left the common man in effects but most of them concerned over
availability of essential goods some have additional challenges to deal with like
mental stress and anxiety senior citizens are more vulnerable to the novel
corona virus and the ongoing lock down is only adding to their worries in German
the lock down has thrown up many challenges not just in terms of restrictions on
movement anxiety.
in German the lock down has thrown up many
challenges not just in terms of restrictions on movement anxiety is taking a
toll on many with news channel there today it leads me to ask some big
questions tonight what will be the social cost of an extended lock down can
lock down trigger mental health issues especially among the old how can we cope
with lock down stress these are some of the questions I want to raise tonight
I’m joined today by Dr. Vikram Patelhe's professor global health and the Harvard
Medical School and seen as one of the world's leading clinical psychiatrists
the impact on the lock down of
the average person who is isolated in a sense at home can't gout and will be
forced to stay at home for a couple of weeks what are the social costs at the
moment that you are seeing of this lock down.
I think a lot of this depends on how swiftly
the government implements its inclusive policies particularly to address the needs of the most poor and
vulnerable sections of our society I think it's important to remember that in Pakistan
we are we have the large number of absolutely poor people in the world and
we're a deeply unequal Society and as we're always taught in medical school
poverty is the mother of all diseases and deaths in our country if this
lock down doesn't address quickly thievery extreme and acute poverty that is
going to affect millions of Pakistanis then we may inadvertently find that a policy
that was intended to prevent deaths due to the Covid 19.
in fact lead to increase deaths
due to a range of other poverty related diseases I think I'm also very
concerned about the fact that there is a diversion of health care I've already
seen it in fact with friends and family for example people of diabetes are
unable to get their dialysis or continuing care and I think it’s extremely
important for the government to emphasize that that existing healthcare for
existing chronic diseases must not be stopped must not be affected by the
resources and attention that were paying to cavid 19.
Many television repaid reports of
daily increasing death and effects on corona virus is also cause of mental
stress also. The planning and policy making in Pakistan unfortunately not show actual
direction and focus on main crisis. By natural effect of diseases impact is low
in Asia as compare to Italy and America.
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