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by DrRatnadip
30 May 2020 13:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- All govt hospitaLs including JJ are treating Covid pts.. They are severely lacking beds.. Hence they are reluctant to admit asymptomatic pts.. There is problem in transporting pts too , as many ambulance drivers are unwilling to do so.. - I know people who are doing contact tracing.. I can asure y...
by DrRatnadip
30 May 2020 11:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Dr. Ratnadip, any weekly updates Sir? Any updates on the trials in India of Remdesivir and/or Favipiravir? It seems like community transmission has started in Chennai. Also the number of people testing positive in MH is mind bongling. - Situation in Mumbai is very bad.. This probably because they n...
by DrRatnadip
24 May 2020 15:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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After encouraging results of Tocilizumab in Mumbai, Pune task force has authorized its use in 25 pts .. Results will be analysed later and its use will be further expanded to reduce mortality in critically ill pts (especially with cytokine storm)..
by DrRatnadip
24 May 2020 10:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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unfortunate news of doctors dying of nCV in India Illustrious ex HOD of resp medicine, Dr J N Pandey, AIIMS died of nCV https://healthwire.co/former-head-of-medicine-department-at-aiims-dies-of-covid-19/ https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/56-year-old-physician-dies-due-to-covid-19/article...
by DrRatnadip
23 May 2020 23:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Received this from my brother (He is pulmonologist) regarding doxy/ ivermectin combo: Is there any scientific logic/background for use of Doxycycline to this study? a.Antiviral properties: Doxycycline due to its Zinc chelating properties can inhibit coronavirus infection in humans. Coronavirus are ...
by DrRatnadip
23 May 2020 23:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Received this from my brother (He is pulmonologist) regarding doxy/ ivermectin combo: Is there any scientific logic/background for use of Doxycycline to this study? a.Antiviral properties: Doxycycline due to its Zinc chelating properties can inhibit coronavirus infection in humans. Coronavirus are d...
by DrRatnadip
23 May 2020 14:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Thank you for the first hand info. Even the police have given up enforcing lockdown means that no better results can be expected. I don't think there is anything left but to mass deploy HCQ after increasing production proportionately. I am in favour of expanding prophylactic use of HCQ, at least in...
by DrRatnadip
21 May 2020 19:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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To me the most important number is the community fatality rate, i.e. number of people dying from this with the total population of the area being the denominator. Nothing is perfect, every statistic is only as accurate as the collection method and sensitivity/specificity of the test itself. Given t...
by DrRatnadip
21 May 2020 10:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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https://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/bangladeshi-doctors-succeed-in-curing-covid-19-could-a-likely-coronavirus-treatment-be-hiding-in-plain-sight/594091 On Doxycline and Ivermectin - Can Dr. Randeep or anyone comment if this is being tried in India with people in Hospitals? Are there any res...
by DrRatnadip
11 May 2020 23:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Nothing much to worry regarding long term morbidity in recovered patients.. Dr., thanks for your inputs. This is indeed a relief. Please do keep on feeding us with Covid related developments, especially since now it is quite clear that we will have to learn to live with this disease. I have few per...
by DrRatnadip
10 May 2020 22:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Many people think COVID-19 kills 1% of patients, and the rest get away with some flulike symptoms. But the story gets more complicated. Many people will be left with chronic kidney and heart problems. Even their neural system is disrupted. There will be hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, po...
by DrRatnadip
08 May 2020 20:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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vijayk wrote:
DrRatnadip wrote:Mumbai is bracing for very big outbreak.. Combination of methylprednisolone and tocilizumab has shown promising results in few cases.. But treatment is very costly
Do they have generics?
I dont think so..
by DrRatnadip
08 May 2020 20:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Mumbai is bracing for very big outbreak.. Combination of methylprednisolone and tocilizumab has shown promising results in few cases.. But treatment is very costly
by DrRatnadip
08 May 2020 15:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Yes .. everybody including their contacts are quarantined including maushis.. But Mr Rahul Gandhi has stated and press is all going on how Corona Virus is not all deadly why are you doctors spreading unnecessary fear. Doctors dont decide quarantine policies sir.. Doctors are not responsible for spr...
by DrRatnadip
08 May 2020 12:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Exactly.. Anyone exposed without PPE needs to be self quarantined.. But what about first point of contacts when a patient comes in, like security guards, ward boys and their female counterparts (called maushis in my mother tongue), who may not have full PPE? Are they asked to self quarantined too? ...
by DrRatnadip
08 May 2020 11:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Why Private hospitals are hesitating to accept Covid pts? One more reason I heard is that current protocol requires anyone exposed to a positive case to self quarantine. Private hospitals do not have the amount of staff that government hospitals do. Given the shortage of PPE and oftentimes asymptom...
by DrRatnadip
08 May 2020 09:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Why Private hospitals are hesitating to accept Covid pts? 1) Running a functioning multispeciality hospital , fulfilling all sort of NABH criteria is extremely costly .. average mantainence for 50 beded hospital may go upwards of 60 to 70L depending on loan etc.. 2) Due to lockdown and covid panic h...
by DrRatnadip
06 May 2020 18:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- A pt aquiring immunity after infection does not mean that he wont get reinfected.. It just means pt is likely to escape CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES (Pneumonia/ ARDS is case of covid) of infection.. It is opinion of many healthcare workers that disease is already significantly spread in ge...
by DrRatnadip
06 May 2020 14:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Situation in Mumbai and Pune is getting worse with each passing day. - Almost all critical care beds available are full.. Even healthcare workers getting affected are finding it difficult to find beds. - Many hospitals have stopped admitting mild symptomatic/asymptomatic patients.. If some pt is s...
by DrRatnadip
26 Apr 2020 23:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Mumbai: 36-year-old doctor dies of multiple organ failure, samples test positive for Covid-19 - India Today | DailyHunt Lite http://dhunt.in/9o2f3?ss=wsp&s=wa A 36-year-old general physician, who consulted at two private hospitals in Mumbai's Govandi, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection...
by DrRatnadip
26 Apr 2020 11:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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https://m.timesofindia.com/india/after-delhi-5-more-states-want-lockdown-extended-beyond-may-3/articleshow/75384555.cms - Many states want to extend lockdown beyond 3 may.. I think its direct reaction to sudden in increase in Covid positive cases.. I dont think it is good idea to increase general lo...
by DrRatnadip
24 Apr 2020 16:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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https://www.news18.com/news/world/franc ... 90325.html

France to Test Nicotine Patches on Patients After Study Suggests Smokers Less Likely to Catch Covid-19
by DrRatnadip
24 Apr 2020 01:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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-Biggest problem with HCQ is that its very cheap.. Nobody is going to get rich by selling it.. -Its mechanism of action is also glamourless.. It just increases pH of lysosomes where virus multiplies.. Its a common sense that it wont work after virus has already sufficiently multiplied.. -It will act...
by DrRatnadip
23 Apr 2020 23:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Though the continued high number of cases in Mumbai is a disappointment, I believe we have peaked (in terms of number of new cases/day) a couple of days ago ,when we also reported 1600+ cases. The way I look at it as that there are 16 states with 100+ active cases. For the past week only 3 of the 1...
by DrRatnadip
23 Apr 2020 22:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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A person known to my father in law lives very close to bada kabrastan in Malegaon.. He reported close to 22 to 25 burials each day there.. I suspect many of them could be COVID infected.. I believe there may be 100s of cases in Malegaon if not more.. Ignorence of few will destroy efforts and sacrif...
by DrRatnadip
23 Apr 2020 19:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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With ramzan starting in a day or so, expect more such incidents from this area Mob attacks police, breaks barricade while violating coronavirus lockdown in containment zone in Malegaon The police in Maharashtra was attacked by a mob at Malegaon in Maharashtra on Thursday. It was the latest instance...
by DrRatnadip
22 Apr 2020 23:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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It seems average age of patients dying is lower in INDIA than in europe/ US.. Dont know cause Comorbidities? Death per 10k is lower in California than in NY/NJ or Chicago. Generally CA has healthier lifestyle. I am unsure.. Hope we are not loosing salvagable patients in govt setups.. Need to utiliz...
by DrRatnadip
22 Apr 2020 20:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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There are more than 50 people dying every day. So are they dying with using a ventilator? I thought all critical patients needed ventilators. That was what people initially thought, hence the hype about ventilator shortage and everybody trying to manufacture one. But it looks like the virus causes ...
by DrRatnadip
21 Apr 2020 15:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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I think every death in confirmed hotspots should be notifiable.. There are unconfirmed reports of significantly more than usual burials in such areas.. If we miss those cases , even longest and most stringent lockdown will not work..
by DrRatnadip
20 Apr 2020 22:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Forgive the question. I have not been able to understand why MERS and SARS could be controlled but chinese virus could not. Does anyone have an explanation or a reference to an article that explains this. Thank you in advance. -Covid 19 has high number of asymptomatic carriers.. - Viral load in nos...
by DrRatnadip
20 Apr 2020 21:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Herd immunity for covid means almost every member has been infected.. R0 for covid is very high.. Without lockdown it will be even higher.. Single individual with unrestricted movement is able to infect 100s .. Pc ( no. of immune individuals) = 1-1/R0 Even if we assume modest R0 of 10 , we need at l...
by DrRatnadip
20 Apr 2020 18:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Our fight against RNA viruses have not been very successful till date - simply put the vaccines have not been very effective (e.g., SARS, MERS etc). While the Covid-19 pandemic spread will slow down in a few weeks and may stop in it's track for the time being, it will not go away. Seasonality also ...
by DrRatnadip
20 Apr 2020 15:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Dear all.. This is just cruel, evil and selfish. People have do not have any sense of dignity and compassion. :x Third such incident in last few days.. Same thing happened with late Dr. Sailo and Dr. Reddy.. India is only country where such things are happening as far as I know.. Saving any ICU pt ...
by DrRatnadip
20 Apr 2020 14:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Two days back Doctor was beaten again in Malegaon civil hospital.. Doctors who die fighting COVID are our national heros.. If people are " protesting" against proper burial of our fallen heros , we might not get committed doctors to fight against corona.. Its highly demoralizing for entire...
by DrRatnadip
20 Apr 2020 14:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Dear all Our closest friend Dr. Pradeep who was the doctor who drove the ambulance wearing the PPE and buried Dr. Simon with his own hands narrated the horrific inhuman act that happened yesterday. The ambulance with the mortal remains was stopped in front of Ega theatre and the drivers were beaten ...
by DrRatnadip
20 Apr 2020 14:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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20.04.2020 *Press Release* TamilNadu Govt Doctors Association (TNGDA) condoles the death of Dr Simon at Chennai due to Covid19 yesterday. He got infected when he unsuspectedly treated at patient. TNGDA condemns the the action of unruly mob preventing the burial of Dr Simon yesterday. The TNGDA deman...
by DrRatnadip
17 Apr 2020 22:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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14 new cases in Malegaon.. Total 61 cases till now..It will be one of biggest hotspots in country..
by DrRatnadip
17 Apr 2020 15:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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https://m.timesofindia.com/world/china/ ... 193108.cms


China revised number of dead..
still I dont believe in Chinese number of COVID fatalities..