COVID-19

NIDM (Indian Govt.) webinar: Prevention & Home Management of Mild Covid-19 by Dr Sandhya Ramanathan

This video is a recording of the 1st of a 2 part webinar series conducted by NIDM (National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India 🇮🇳 ) on 5th September, 2020. The second part will be a live Q and A session on the same topic held on 12th September, 2020.

Dr Sandhya Ramanathan (GP, Auckland, NZ🇳🇿) presented a 1 hr talk on “Prevention and Home Management of Mild Covid-19”. outlining the science of #covid19, prevention strategies and home management principles of mild infections. The PowerPoint slides are in English, although some of the videos are in Hindi for the benefit of the Indian audience. She speaks in a mix of Hindi and English.

There is a discussion afterwards with some peer review from the other medical experts on the panel including Dr. Shafi Uddin (Emergency Physician, Apollo Hospital), Dr Vikas Maurya (Pulmonologist, Fortis Hospital) , Dr Vikas Singhal (GI Surgeon, Medanta Hospital), Dr. Amit Murari (NDRF) and Milap Mukherjee.

Prof Santosh Kumar of NIDM gave the keynote address and summary. Dr Kumar Raka moderated the webinar along with Ms. Namrata Sharma and Shri Sumit Gupta in which about 686 participants joined online and over 100 others witnessed on YouTube.

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