Online interactions place dermatologists back in demand
The Hindu
Number of patients seeking aesthetic treatments nosedived after lockdown imposed in March 2020
With online face-to-face interactions becoming the new normal, dermatologists are seeing a sudden rise in the number of patients after a slump during the early months of the pandemic, according to a top skin specialist from Kolkata. “Aesthetic procedures like Botox and laser hair removal took a hit last year as no one really bothered to go to a doctor because half the face was always covered. But with everything now going online, from classes to business meetings to social events, people are again realising the importance of a mask-free face and the number of patients going for aesthetic treatments has jumped up,” said Dr. Koushik Lahiri, a professor and senior consultant dermatologist at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.