{"id":4122,"date":"2021-05-31T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2024-09-22T11:26:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T11:26:49","slug":"at-age-67-diabetes-patient-rebati-defeats-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/2021\/05\/31\/at-age-67-diabetes-patient-rebati-defeats-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"At age 67, diabetes patient Rebati defeats Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4122\" class=\"elementor elementor-4122\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b2e30 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b2e30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-987cbcc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"987cbcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9c116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa9c116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cEarly in May, my leg started swelling and there was pain. I thought it was a side effect of the medicines I was taking. So I did not mind it much.\u201d said Rebati, a patient of CR\u2019s Street Medicine Programme. Rebati is 67 years old and lives in the Kolkata Station slum area with her daughter and they both work as domestic helpers. She suffers from diabetes, thyroid and high blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a few days of swelling in her leg, Rebati developed a fever and weakness all over her body. \u201cI was feverish and very weak. I could not move at all.\u201d she said. When Calcutta Rescue Community Health Worker (CHW) went for a daily visit, she found that Rebati was showing Covid symptoms. She was immediately urged to take a Covid test. When the result came back it showed that Rebati had Covid-19. She had not been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-19-at-1.44.39-PM-141x300-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 141px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 141\/300;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-19-at-1.44.39-PM-141x300-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Calcutta Rescue acted immediately, providing her with medicine and a pulse oximeter to measure her oxygen level. Every day the CHW went to her home and checked the oxygen level which she relayed back to the CR medical team. CR doctors started video calling and guiding her on proning (lying on her front which assists breathing for Covid patients) and motivational support.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the most challenging thing was to keep her in isolation. Slum areas are over-populated and cramped with most families living in tiny one-roomed matchbox shacks. Despite this Rebati was able to isolate to some extent, by staying on the other side of the room from her daughter who prepared her food.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a week of treatment, she started improving. Her oxygen level is now above 96 and, after 14 days of isolation, Rebati is now feeling well well again.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jaydeep, CR\u2019s Chief Executive recently visited Rebati and she told him: \u201cCalcutta Rescue has helped me a lot. 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