The feeling after a patient would test negative post-treatment outweighs everything, says a healthcare worker BENGALURU : For the past two months, Dr Ankita Singh has been working in the covid-19 ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.
She does six-hour shifts every day for 15 days at a stretch with a fortnight’s break in between. It takes her about half-an-hour to don the multiple layers of personal protective equipment—coverall, face shield, gloves and mask. “Once you’re in it, you can’t adjust it even a bit," she says. “Night shifts from 8pm to 2am were particularly difficult.