The Observer Vol 21 Issue 6

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Vol. 21, Issue 6

Badly hit by lockdowns, Bengaluru’s bookstore owners hope that their pain will end soon | P 2

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Realization that Covid isn’t over is a major worry By Tina Freese

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Work anxiety: People are stressed out after returning to their offices post pandemic | Courtesy: eugene Freese offline. That is when I started feeling a little anxious. Socialising again after WFH felt very difficult. I was quite stressed about

how I would be able to manage the work efficiently after spending so much time in the comfort of my own home.” he said.

Rahul Parashar, a 26 year old executive with a logistics company said: “The company has meetings where our seniors give us motivational speeches, and we have many recreational activities like games and all which can help us to relax and in busting stress.” Facing a similar issue at her workplace, Arokiya Mary Samson, Human Resource (HR) lead at Flam, an IT company in Bengaluru, observed: “The pandemic has created a lot of problems for everyone. Employees were under so much stress. They were putting in extra hours to complete their work and there is also the fear of losing their jobs.” As an HR lead, and on the company’s behalf, she wanted to ensure that the employees did not feel they were alone. “We had game sessions, Netflix shows were streamed, and we sent gift hampers to help them release the stress and socialize with everyone. We also provided one- on one- sessions to those who were having a difficult time.” ►Continued on page 3

C-section deliveries in Bengaluru on the rise Hospitals suggest them to earn more: Experts By Simran Sharma

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wing to medical reasons, there has been an increase in caesarean section deliveries in Bengaluru. Experts say hospitals advise women to go for C-section to make money.. Statistics of the National Family Health Survey-5 show that about 30.6 percent of pregnant women in Bengaluru Urban had C-section deliveries whereas 43.6 percent in Bengaluru Rural had the same in the year 2019-20. The percentage of women who had C-section at private facilities was 48.9, while that for public hospitals was 16 in Bengaluru Urban. The percentage of women in rural parts of the city who had C-section in private facilities saw

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Employees develop cold feet as they return to their offices

eople are quite anxious as they return to their offices after a year and a half of working from home. Mohit Kumar, a 22-year-old employee at an IT company, informed The Observer: “I felt somehwat anxious at the thought of going back to the office. But my office had many recreational activities on Saturdays that helped me cope up with the stress. I think it was not just the fear of interacting again with other that bothered me, but also that Covid is not over yet. Offices opening with full capacity now made me feel somewhat uncomfortable.” Sahil Chodhary, 23, a coder with a startup, shared: “I worked from home for six months and then was asked to join the office

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a rise of about 15.5 percent. Swati Singh, a homemaker, informed The Observer: “I wanted a normal delivery, but the doctor gave me a medicine to reduce my labor pain. After taking that medicine, I had no labor pain…, so I consulted another doctor and then I got to know that had caused some complications because of which I had to go through a C-section. My previous doctor gave me that medicine so that he could make me go through a Caeserean delivery and he could earn more money from it. I was lucky…to get a good

doctor in my next delivery.” Nidhi Kumari, an engineer who had undergone a C-section in 2017, said: “My doctor told me that normal delivery was not possible as the baby was stuck inside. I had no option left as I had been in 12 hours of labor pain. I could not take more so I went ahead with a C-section.” Ashwini MV, a digital solution manager, shared: “Both my kids were delivered through C-section. In my case, there were certain complications and hence I had to get a C-section. The second time I decided to not go for a normal de-

livery because I thought it would have been too risky.” Priya Deshpande, a finance associate, said: “Almost after 12 hours of trial, I had to go for a Csection as I couldn’t take the pain anymore. Although I have heard a lot of cases where women have undergone surgery as the doctor wants to get done with it or the mother is not ready to wait that long.” Insurance has made things easy as the cost of the operation is covered, Deshpande added. Angan Sengupta, a health economist who has done research on the increase in Caesarean deliveries in Bengaluru, said: “Csection deliveries has to be used in case of complications, but ther are many other reasons for it. Caesarean deliveries are quite less painful. With an insurance, one can easily afford a C-section. In many cases, a lot of hospitals use this to earn more money even when it is not required.” ►Continued on page 3

News briefs SC to hear Lakhimpur Kheri matter tomorrow The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the matter pertaining to the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in which eight persons, including four farmers, were killed during a farmers’ protest. A Bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli which had on October 8 expressed dissatisfaction over the steps taken by the UP government after the death of eight persons will hear the matter.

Kerala flood: IMD issues alerts in five districts IMD has forecast heavy rain for three days beginning October 20 in several parts of Kerala. The state government has sounded an alert in downstream areas of the Idukki dam, including suburban areas of Kochi, and begun evacuating families that could be affected by the likely flash floods. Navy and NDRF recovering more bodies from under the debris at Koottickal in Kottayam district and Kokkayar in neighbouring Idukki district, the death toll in the landslides and flash floods climbed to 27 on Tuesday.

Babul Supriyo formally resigns as MP Former BJP leader Babul Supriyo formally resigned as an MP on Tuesday, a month after he quit the party to join Mamata Banerjee’s TMC. “My heart is heavy as I had began my political career with the BJP. I thank the PM, party chief, and Amit Shah. They showed confidence in me. I had left politics wholeheartedly. I thought that if I am not a part of the party, I should not keep any seat for myself,” he said after meeting the Lok Sabha Speaker.

India, Israel to start FTA talks in Nov India and Israel agreed to resume talks on a free trade agreement from November with the aim of signing a deal by mid-2022, both countries said. “We are continuing with our policy of connections, and we have seen in India a very important ally for many years. India also brings with her new opportunities for cooperation,” Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said.


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