Thread by @MasalaBai, I spoke to frontline workers — doctors, anganwadi didis, journalists and relief [...]

Rituparna Chatterjee

MasalaBai

I spoke to frontline workers — doctors, anganwadi didis, journalists and relief volunteers — to understand the ordeal they are going through right now, bleeding inside their PPEs. No one thought of the need of menstruators when designing protective gear. https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/05/frontline-workers-explain-whats-it-like-to-bleed-in-protective-gear-during-covid/?fbclid=IwAR3EV8KzlxNydRqpRqpZYWQjFQKzVW9MZAksMGUO3-k_tg2KWVUXjgCLivE

Frontline Workers Explain What’s It Like To Bleed In PPEs During Covid

“Of course I have stained my gown. There’s nothing we can do. What is the option? So I exchanged my duty with a male doctor and told him that as medicos, we should be able to talk about this freely,”

https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/05/frontline-workers-explain-whats-it-like-to-bleed-in-protective-gear-during-covid/?fbclid=IwAR3EV8KzlxNydRqpRqpZYWQjFQKzVW9MZAksMGUO3-k_tg2KWVUXjgCLivE

This column is part of a series I am helming on #MHM on the platform of @YouthKiAwaaz @PeriodPaath in collaboration with @WSSCCouncil

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