 Hello and warm greetings, I am Dr Vijay Rangachari, Consultant ENT Surgeon in Manipal Hospital's Whitefield. The COVID-19 pandemic is a cause for concern because of its ability to infect people without any boundaries. However, we all know that we have to follow certain precautions which we are following but in spite of that it is spreading far and wide. So, let's just go through the same precautions once again. What do we need to follow? Hand washing? Always. Mask to be worn all the time. Keep a distance of three feet from everyone. Assume everyone to be a potential infective carrier of COVID-19. We at Manipal Hospital are following all the safety precautions to see that the best care is provided to you. Starting from the entrance where we have temperature checks and hygiene, risk stratification and a detailed questionnaire is given to you at the entrance by your screening nurses so that there is no potential risk to the visitors. Coming to the department of ENT, we are available both in person as well as for telephonic and video concerns to help you tide over your ENT related problems whether it is a small or big. We are also performing ENT surgeries after all precautions, complete investigations including a thorough checkup and advising a pre-operative risk stratification and also doing a pre-operative COVID test to see that there is no risk to you during the surgery or after the surgery. We are also informing all necessary precautions which have to be followed after the surgery. In the outpatient area, we are following all proper precautions like hand hygiene, keeping a distance between the doctor and the patient and restricting all kinds of extra attenders from entering the chamber so that there is no risk of COVID spread or contamination and also reducing contact with objects. All surgeries are done with proper screening, proper risk stratification and pre-operative COVID test, all kinds of routine investigations and proper anesthesia fitness to see that there is no risk and there is no breach of any kind of protocol. Strict international protocols are being followed at all stages to see that the best care is provided to you before, during and after surgery and we would advise you on the best possible post-operative instructions to see that there is no risk to you during the surgery and after the surgery. So stay safe, take good care of yourselves and don't hesitate to ask us for help if you have any issues where we can help you out. Take care and have a good day.