The Doctor’s Day is celebrated on July 1 in India. During the pandemic the world has realised the importance of doctors more than ever. They have been in frontline working 24/7 for us and the country is showing their love and are calling them heroes without capes.
Here are a few incidents wherein doctors grooved to either beat the stress or to celebrate a patients recovery:
1. Doctors Dances in ICU Ward
In this video, the intensive care unit staff of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre was seen dancing in the ICU after two of the patients that they were taking care of were stabilised and were able to breathe without any ventilator support. The video was shared by Nida Qadir who is an academic intensivist at UCLA. The short clip had gone viral in no time.
Yes, patients do recover from #COVID19 #ARDS. And yes, my #ICU team does do an #extubation dance every time we liberate someone from a #Ventilator. #ARDSAvengers #coronavirus #bestteamever @uclaimchiefs @UCLAHealth @atscommunity @GiladJaffe @HungryDes @NoCoughEng pic.twitter.com/axgV7pOTXU
— Nida Qadir, MD (@NidaQadirMD) April 6, 2020
2. 100 Doctors in Tamil Nadu Dance to Release Stress
In this video in order to get some relief of the mental stress 100 doctors across Tamil Nadu made their dance videos and a compilation of the same was posted on social media portals to bring a smile to other people’s face.
3. Kanpur Doctors Dance to Boost Mood of COVID-19 Patients
Those suffering from the novel coronavirus are likely to feel low and anxious. The disease’s scare is such that it is difficult to keep a positive perspective. So, in order to take away the gloom a group of doctors of Hallet Hospital in Kanpur danced in the ward to bring a smile to patients’ faces. As expected all precautionary measures like proper gear and social distancing were taken care of during the dance.
4. Bengaluru Doctors Dance to Distress
A group of doctors working in Bengaluru’s Victoria Hospital destress themselves by dancing in a clip that was shared online one can see doctors wearing PPE kits groove to an old popular song “Likhe jo khat tujhe”. In the same video another set of doctors can be doing the Oh Na Na Na Tik Tok dance challenge.
Doctors of #Bengaluru Victoria Hospital have prescribed a session of Happy Dance to overcome the stress and anxiety after treating #COVID19India patients. pic.twitter.com/Pc3ATmmWiI
— Bharathirajan (@bharathircc) June 2, 2020
5. 60 Doctors dance
A heart-warming video shared by an Instagram page The Ministry of Memories shows 60 doctors from various parts of India dancing to the tunes of Happy” by Pharrel Williams. These doctors are from various cities in India including, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Kanyakumari, Nagpur, Surat, Indore, Agra, Prayagraj, and others.
