Television journalist succumbs to Covid-19 in Hyderabad, had critical co-morbidity

A 33-year-old journalist working for a well-liked Telugu tv information channel in Hyderabad succumbed to Covid-19 on Sunday, medical doctors at Gandhi Hospital introduced. He is the primary journalist in Telangana to fall prey to the dreaded coronavirus.

According to Gandhi Hospital Superintendent Dr Raja Rao, the deceased journalist, who had been working as a criminal offense reporter for a Telugu tv channel, had undergone exams for Covid-19 in Fever Hospitals earlier this month.

“After he tested positive at Fever Hospital, he was referred to Gandhi Hospital for admission in the early hours of June 4. Immediately, we started treatment, but he developed breathlessness by afternoon on the same day and he was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit,” Rao mentioned.

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He mentioned the journalist had already been affected by Myasthenia Gravis, by which all of the muscle tissue together with respiratory muscle tissue have been weak for which he had been taking therapy with steroids.

“With this co-morbid condition, he contracted Covid-19 and developed bilateral pneumonia with type 1 respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). A team of doctors including physicians, anesthetists and pulmonologists, have given round-the-clock service to him. But, he had a cardiac arrest this morning and could not be revived despite attempts of resuscitation,” he mentioned.

The information got here as an awesome shock to the journalist neighborhood in Hyderabad. In the final 10 days, a minimum of a dozen scribes, together with 4 belonging to varied nationwide media in Hyderabad, examined positive for Covid-19. Some of them have been symptomatic and a few others asymptomatic.

For the final two weeks, Telangana has been reporting excessive incidence of Covid-19 circumstances, particularly in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, each when it comes to deaths and positive circumstances.

On Saturday evening, as many as 206 circumstances and 10 deaths have been reported from completely different components of Telangana, the highest-ever in a span of 24 hours, taking the general dying toll to 123 and the entire variety of circumstances within the state to three,496.

This is the primary time that the variety of positive circumstances in a single day has crossed 200 in Telangana. In Greater Hyderabad limits alone, as many as 152 circumstances have been reported, whereas Ranga Reddy district reported 10 Covid-19 circumstances and Medchal reported 18. The complete circumstances in GHMC limits alone now stand at 2,096.

The state has opened up industrial exercise, by gradual leisure of lockdown restrictions since May 18. Liquor shops have been thrown open on May 6. Restaurants, and locations of worship and another sectors will recommence regular exercise from Monday as introduced by the Centre.

Director of Public Health and Family Welfare Dr G Srinivas Rao mentioned surveillance groups had noticed a surge in circumstances throughout the state.

“In view of the surge, the people are requested to be alert and self-vigilant for any signs and symptoms of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). In case of onset of any ILI or SARI symptoms, they are requested to immediately contact the nearest government health facility without delay. Early reporting to the health facility will enable prompt diagnosis and management. Seeking medical care soon after the onset of symptoms is vital to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with Covid-19,” Dr Rao mentioned.