In order to address concerns around the rising covid cases due to the new variant OMICRON, HYSEA organised a webinar with experts from CARE & CONTINENTAL Hospitals on 12th Jan 2022 at 4pm. The session was moderated by Ms. Manisha Saboo, AVP and Centre Head, Pocharam & Indore Campus, Infosys Ltd. Manisha also is the treasurer and CSR Forum lead of HYSEA. The esteemed panel consisted of:

Dr. Pavan Kumar Reddy N, MBBS, MD, FNB, EDIC, MBA (HA)Senior Consultant, Critical Care Medicine, CARE Super Specialty Hospital & Transplant Centre – Banjara Hills,
Dr Nalini Nagalla, MBBS, MD (Tuberculosis & Resp. Disease) Senior Consultant Pulmonologist, Continental Hospital and
Dr. Anjul Dayal, MBBS, DNB(PEDIATRICS), FISCCM (PED. CRIT CARE). Senior Consultant Pediatric Intensivist. Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad.

The focus of the webinar was to understand the new variant of Covid virus, Omicron and how different it is from the previous variants and the changes in treatment and home isolation protocols. Questions about booster doses and vaccinations for youngster and several questions from the participants were answered by the expert panel of doctors. Recording of the webinar is available at: https://youtu.be/MoGeqYoEwyg.