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Despite a fear of contracting the coronavirus, pharmacists have stayed open, providing essential services during the lockdown.
Frontline health workers have been the heroes of this pandemic. Ever since Covid-19 struck the world in 2019, doctors, nurses, technicians, ambulance drivers, sanitation staff, and others have been working round-the-clock to save lives amid dire conditions. One group of frontline healthcare workers, however, has been largely forgotten -- pharmacists.
As the second Covid-19 wave struck Nepal and the country went into lockdown, doctors advised citizens to stay home and not visit the hospital for minor symptoms as healthcare institutions were fast getting overwhelmed. At these times, pharmacists provided medical advice and over-the-counter medication. During the lockdown, pharmacies stayed open and workers continued to provide services to both coronavirus and non-coronavirus patients, despite the ever-present threat of infection.
The Record spent a day at Chabahil and Boudha, observing pharmacists fulfill prescriptions, provide medication, and give advice for non-serious ailments. Here is a glimpse of what life is like for a pharmacy under lockdown.
Deewash Shrestha Deewash Shrestha is a student of Media Studies and a freelancer He can be reached via email: deewash.shrestha@yahoo.com
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