Kochi Corporation offers psycho-social support to COVID-hit families
The Hindu
Many patients, kin face anxiety and depression and are in need of emotional support
Families of 178 COVID-19 patients in Kochi Corporation limits are going through depressive experiences and 228 families are facing fear and anxiety, while 12 families are in need of advanced professional emotional support. Further, the pandemic has dwindled the income of 399 families, 279 families are dealing with related stress, and 46 families are concerned about children, especially their education. These are some of the findings of the ongoing free psycho-social support being extended to COVID-19 patients by the Kochi Corporation. The service is being provided as tele-counselling by 74 social work students of the Rajagiri School of Social Sciences, Kalamasserry. A professional counselling agency will provide advance counselling to the needy. “People isolated from society needs emotional support beyond their treatment and basic needs. The pandemic has helped our society to rediscover its compassion towards our brethren, which used to be our hallmark. We plan to reach out to the maximum people possible,” said Mayor M. Anilkumar.More Related News