Needed are safety and well-being of doctors during health emergency caused by COVID-19: VP Naidu

In India, July 1 is celebrated as National Doctors’ Day since 1991 that marks birth and death anniversary Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882-1962; Bharat Ratna; former CM of Bengal) to recognise the contribution of doctors and healthcare workers serving the people selflessly.

On the occasion of National Doctors’ Day -2021 being observed with theme '‘Save the Saviour', Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu 'emphasized the need to educate people on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination and urged all stakeholders to work collectively to achieve the target of full vaccination by year end, and called upon the 'medical fraternity to educate people on the importance of vaccination,' stated a press release stressing the need 'to ensure safety and well-being of our doctors who are rendering yeoman service during this unprecedented health emergency caused by COVID-19.'

The release added that the community support was critical in fight against Corona virus and those having vaccine hesitancy were needed to be made aware of the fact that they were putting their own lives and their family members at risk.

stressed the need to ensure safety and well-being of our doctors who are rendering yeoman service during this unprecedented health emergency caused by COVID-19

These days, during the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors are stressing prevention measures and self-care. It reminds us the famous quote "The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman" of Jonathan Swift.

Here are few quotes which convey the significance of prevention and self-care for you to read and mull over.

"I am a doctor - it's a profession that may be considered a special mission, a devotion. It calls for involvement, respect and willingness to help all other people," once said Dr Ewa Kopacz

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and the cause and prevention of disease," states Thomas A. Edison

Even a health worker, Jerry Hall, once said, "I love yoga... I also see an Ayurvedic doctor, which is an ancient Indian thing. I go and see the doctor to balance my system twice a year; it's preventative. They take my pulse, give me some herbs, and tell me what I should eat and what I should avoid. They rub oil on me too, it's so lovely. It's like a detox."