New Delhi: When the doctors across the country are busy is handling the coronavirus cases, a new challenge has appeared before them. Amid the 21-day nationwide lockdown, which began on March 25, the doctors have witnessed a sudden surge in patients facing alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
In most part of the country, liquor shops have been closed temporarily as soon as a national lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24, in order to contain the further spread of novel coronavirus in the country.
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The lockdown has particularly affecting those who are addicted to consumption of liquor or any other drug.
Hence, due to the non-availability of such addicts, many have attempted or have committed suicide across the country.
Kerala, which has reported seven suicides due to non-availability of liquor in first 100-hour of lockdown, has resorted to novel ‘parchi system’ as a measure to make liquor available to people amidst the lockdown. In this ‘parchi system’, the liquor can be bought by showing special prescription issued by the doctors only to people facing severe withdrawal symptoms. Such a step has been taken by Kerala government to deal with the rising cases of mental health problem due to lack of alcoholic.
