With the steep increase of Covid-19 infections, the frontline workers: doctor, nurses and their colleagues are working overtime to bring the situation under control and that too wearing elaborate protective gear and masks.
In a post shared on Twitter last month, Dr Sohil grabbed attention of netizens. The post has two pictures: one shows Sohil wearing the PPE kit and the other shows him without it but drenched in sweat. It brings to fore, effects of wearing kits for a prolonged time.
In his tweet he wrote, ‘Talking on the behalf of all doctors and health workers. We are really working hard away from our family. Sometimes a foot away from positive patient, sometimes an inch away from critically ill oldies... I request please go for vaccination. It's only solution! Stay safe!’
So often, so many of us make a fuss about the discomfort of wearing a mask. Actually discomfort is not always in the situation. Often it is because we have a choice. If there is no choice, the process of adaption moves faster. Our health workers see no choice but to do their duty. So they easily embrace discomfort.
On the other hand, we are in relative comfort zone. We may be worried, we may be scared but we may not accept that we have a single choice. Hence the feeling of discomfort is overwhelms to the extent that we try to escape the discomfort.
Discomfort is an uneasiness that is never only physical but also mental. And it is the latter that needs to be tackled. Health workers have a lofty motive to fulfil their responsibility to their profession. We need to connect to our social obligation of being responsible and responsive.
Mind it that discomfort is secondary
The
larger collective good is primary.
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