An interactive digital social sanchar, which means a discussion or talk show, with a health focus, ‘Monsoon Maladies in the Time of Covid,’ was all about clearing the air when it came to ailments brought about by the season, and the novel Coronavirus. How can one differentiate between these two? Is it wise to handle these ailments at home? These were just some of the queries Dr Farhad Kapadia, consultant physician and intensivist, P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, took on.

Indrani Malkani, managing trustee and chairperson of VCAN, which stands for V-Citizens Action Network, that organised this session late on Thursday evening and is a non-profit public trust, stated that the monsoon has brought challenges of water borne and air-borne diseases. The crux was how can one differentiate between a monsoon related ailment and Covid-19? Can a person with Covid-19 also get a monsoon ailment like malaria, dengue, leptospirosis for instance? There is also the overall hesitancy of going to a medical facility in these times because of fear, the trustee pointed out, so it is vital that we tackle this.