jaipur doctors who are using personal protective equipment ppe while working inside covid19 ward or on the field are finding it difficult to adjust to the new situation soaring temperature no food water or loo break during the shift are further making their task toughthere are 550 covid19 patients in the special ward at sms hospital for which around 150 doctors are working in sixhour shift every daysenior professor medicine at sms hospital raman sharma said once a doctor wears ppe kit he cannot remove it we wear gown head cover and gloves as none of our body parts should be exposed we change our kit every day after coming out of ward and once we remove the kit it cannot be reused we cannot eat drink or take toilet breaks explained sharmacovid wards do not have air conditioners and doctors say that at first they were finding it difficult to worksenior professor medicine ajeet singh said it was difficult initially as i was sweating a lot and had trouble breathing inside slowly we got used to it we eat heavy meal and drink limited water at least 45 minutes before the shift the conditions are such that we cannot talk to our family members as well during our shift or in case of any emergency at home said singh condition of doctors and medical team going on field every day for screening people in the city is more difficult in scorching heat medical team wearing ppe kit carrying bag of instruments have taken a toll on health of officials as well at present 15 teams are regularly doing field job and visiting quarantine centresnarottam sharma cmho said he gets information of medical teams having low blood pressure they sweat continuously on field and loss of water from body creates problems we do not give them long hour shift maximum three hours and a new team takes charge we provide them enough water this is a highly contagious disease and we have to be careful said sharmaauthorities at sms hospital have made sure to give relaxations to doctors or medical staff who have any serious health problems or have to breast feed the newborn babies despite trouble doctors say that their passion to treat people keeps them goingdr sudhir bhandari principal controller of sms college said it is our passion and duty towards our nation every doctor is given oneweek duty at the covid ward and oneweek of isolation thereafter no one is going home and we have provided food and lodging at some hotel times are difficult and we wont work in solidarity we can never defeat this virus