Health | Citizen Matters, Mumbai

Vaccines are almost here. Time for a large-scale testing system, says a Mumbai team

January 11, 2021 Apekshita Varshney

About five years ago, Manoj Gopalkrishnan, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, heard about the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus or MERS-COV outbreak.

As vaccines are being approved, time to remember stories of those who helped us through 2020

January 5, 2021 Santoshee Gulabkali Mishra

As talks of vaccines acquire a shrill pitch, we speak to mortuary workers at one of the biggest public hospitals in the city. And how they saw us through the hard days in the past few months.

Effects of Urbanisation: A look at marginalised women’s mental health

December 14, 2020 Malathi Rai

Urbanisation affects women’s mental health in various ways. It is tougher for women from marginalised sections of the society. Here’s how.

COVID-19: Will Mumbai see a spike?

November 7, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

Infectious diseases, historically, have risen and fallen with season. Although numbers of positive COVID-19 cases have fallen, experts advice caution.

COVID-19 mitigation measures have led to the neglect of one of Mumbai’s top killers

October 16, 2020 Pragnya Senapati

The focus on COVID-19 has lead to a drop in Tubercolosis Notifications which is a dangerous public health trend.

Starting the conversation on mental health

October 15, 2020 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Smile Simi is short film about mental health. Citizen Matters caught up with the story writer.

I want to see a healthy India. Here’s what I am doing about it

September 28, 2020 Kiranpal Singh Dhody

Decreased physical activity means decreased endurance and fitness. Seasoned runners don’t take very long to get back, but non-regulars will find that it will take some effort to regain their pre-lockdown fitness levels.

Not the virus, but delay in treating COVID-19 is fatal: Dr Rahul Ghule, 1Rupee Clinic

September 11, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

The clinics were started to tackle a completely different, but highly fatal problem – accidents on the city’s ubiquitous railway tracks. But Dr Ghule has expanded their role during the pandemic.

All you need to know about immunity and immunity boosters

August 10, 2020 Arathi Manay Yajaman

The internet has been full of advice, traditional remedies and food recipes to boost your immunity. The market is flooded with immunity boosting products. Do these help?

Runners High, now in your home

August 7, 2020 Purnima Subramanian

You don’t need the outdoors. Lockdown has pushed people to run inside their homes. And they love it.

4Ts of Dharavi’s successful pandemic management: Tracing, Tracking, Testing, Treating

July 28, 2020 Santoshee Gulabkali Mishra

The daunting responsibility of managing the outbreak in Dharavi, spread over 2.5 square kilometres packed with 60,000 families. How it was done

COVID-19: Numbers dip in Mumbai, surge in neighbouring districts

July 24, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

Insufficient healthcare facilities affect Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s COVID-19 response

What to do if you’re COVID-19 positive in Mumbai

July 9, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

A step-by-step guide for COVID patients and their families on what to do during the entire phase from testing to cure

Lack of safety gear, harsh working conditions and no support: Who will hear the voices of Mumbai’s nurses?

April 14, 2020 Hepzi Anthony

Over 90 health care workers, including nurses and doctors, have tested positive in Mumbai with an additional 150-200 nurses under quarantine. The United Nurses Association has moved the SC seeking mandatory protection kit for all health care workers in isolation wards.

Cancer patients take shelter in the footpaths of Mumbai during lockdown

April 10, 2020 Aakanksha/PARI

With their money running out and little food and water available, cancer patients living on footpaths near the Tata Memorial Hospital are caught in the lockdown, with no way home.