‘WE LACK MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL STAFF’
Practising yoga, taking it easy and not overfeeding herself with constant updates — this is how Nimrat Kaur is maintaining her sanity amid the current pandemic. “If we’re not mentally sound or not feeling sane, we won’t be able to look after ourselves, physically,” the actor opines, emphasising the effect of the crisis on the frontline workers, including those who work at crematoriums and burial grounds.
“Mental well-being should also cover our healthcare and medical workers, for whom, right now, there’s no support at all. They’re tirelessly working round the clock at breakneck speed,” she explains.
Kaur, 39, points that almost every family has lost someone to this deadly virus, and that’s bound to take a toll on their mental health. “There’s so much tragedy around us. There’s recovery as well, but it’s mayhem. If all of us can just look after ourselves and our loved ones right now, that would be enough,” says the Airlift (2016) actor, adding, “People are having mental breakdowns, there’s no end in sight. There’s so much speculation attached, so much that keeps changing... people are confused, hopeless and have lost jobs. I
Healthcare personnel are working round the clock at breakneck speed. NIMRAT KAUR, Actor
can’t possibly insist more on the fact that mental well-being is the need of the hour.”
Away from her family, Kaur makes it a point to talk to her loved ones every single day. “I don’t know when I’ll get to meet them. I pray so much, more than I ever have. I feel grateful for everything I have,” she signs off.