Covid-19 warriors talk about their experiences and fears amid the pandemic

Doctors, health workers talk about the challenges they face in dealing with Covid-19 patients

A 24-year-old employee of a software company who landed in Bengaluru from Dubai was the first confirmed Covid-19 case Hyderabad reported on March 2. He was then admitted to the Gandhi Hospital, a Covid-19 nodal centre.
 

From one case to hundreds, the hospital now has eight floors only for Covid-19 patients.
 

“If I try and picture myself in that isolation ward, I don’t think I will be able to stay there,” says Dr Nazia Tabassum, MBBS, MS, general surgery, at the Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad. “It is very depressing.”
 

“After my shift (once a week), I feel short of breath and