‘Take it lightly at your own peril’

KAMAL DALMIA, who recently tested negative after a fortnight-long battle against the virus, stresses on not taking the contagion lightly. He opens up about the awful times. What started as a stomach infection eventually turned out to be Covid. “Stomach infection followed by minor fever lasted for five days prompting the doctors to suggest me to go for chest X-ray and then for CT scan”. All his reports pointed towards infection in the chest.

However, his attending doctors recommended for a Covid-19 test. The report, released on November 18, confirmed that he was infected. During this time, his son had also tested positive.

Before being admitted to a leading private hospital he had been given antibiotics and doxy tablets. For the next 10 days he was kept at the hospital. “First day intravenous two shots of Remdesivir injection were administered and for the next four days a shot daily,” he tells. It was closely monitored as it could adversely impact the lever; also blood tests were conducted regularly. “Antibiotic and blood thinners and many oral medicines were given twice a day,” he adds.

Kamal said that neither food nor clothing were allowed from outside in the Covid-19 ward. He appreciated the efforts of medical team comprising Dr HP Singh, Dr Raminder Kaur, Dr Varun Pushkarna and para-medical staff of the hospital for their services. Post discharge he was asked to abide by a week-long home quarantine and have a protein-rich diet, besides multi-vitamin tablets. Voicing a piece of advice for the city residents, he requested all to cover their face, to mind the gap “and do not avoid visiting doctors in case of any symptoms.”