Vol.6 | Issue No.4 |Apr - Jun 2022 (English)

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MEDICAL TOURISM COVID AND AFTER

THE PSYCHE AND THE PANDEMIC

Dr. C. J. John

Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Trust Hospital, Kochi

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ovid-19 pandemic has dealt a ‘body and mind blow’ to entire humanity in one fell swoop and many parts of the world are yet to recover from it. Being a psychosomatic disease, its ramifications are unprecedented and from pre-covid to covid to post-covid, it has shaken several frames and many victims are not with us now. In the psychological and psychiatric realms, the three phases of pre-covid, covid and post-covid have been extremely traumatic for several people. The Medical Tourism Magazine has caught up with one of the most eminent psychiatrists of our times Dr C J John, Consultant Psychiatrist with Medical Trust Hospital, Kochi, to identify the various psychological as well as psychiatric dimensions of Covid-19 and how to overcome the same in the days to come.

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