SHINING EXAMPLE
In this atmosphere of depression Ladakh is becoming a shining example for all to learn and understand how to fight a pandemic like coronavirus.
Ladakh region has now 4 positive cases of COVID-19 left as on today while 14 of the positive cases have tested negative due to the efforts of local corona warriors, doctors and administration.
The real unsung hero against coronavirus in Ladakh is Lama Thupstan Chogyal who is heading Ladakh heart foundation an NGO, as he has been working hard on the ground with his volunteers to detect suspect cases.
Union Territory of Ladakh administration is at the verge of declaring the region as coronavirus free as the 4 positive patients are responding to the treatment. Recent health ministry documents said that Ladakhs’s fight against Covid-19 serves as a model for other regions. It attributes the success to the hard work of doctors and paramedics and leadership of the region.
Home ministry document has praised the swiftness of administration to act as they immediately after detecting the first positive cases sealed the village and quarantined all the suspected cases.
Doctors and authorities as a precautionary measure have kept all the patients who have recovered in the quarantine at an isolated ward and are daily monitoring them.
There is a lesson for the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the success story of fight back by the people of Ladakh against the pandemic with a friendly relationship of administration.
