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The Discovery COVID-19 podcast

Our expert guests’ share key insights to help you to really understand Coronavirus Disease 2019. Learn all you need to know about maintaining your mental, physical, emotional and financial wellbeing – and more – in the context of COVID-19. Empower yourself with the facts. Stay informed. Stay healthy. All brought to you by Discovery.
Weekly English South Africa News · Health & Fitness
70 Episodes
52 – 70

Financial Wellbeing Lesson 3: Go & Grow

Once you’ve run the numbers over the coming months, the time will come where you want to channel any spare cash you have into growing your personal profitability. Make sure you watch the lesson first to listen to the experts weigh in here.
17 Apr 2020 38 min

Financial Wellbeing Lesson 2: Caution & Course Correct

Now it’s time to slow down as you assess the difference between your personal finances pre-lockdown and now. Then it’s time to course correct if need be. We’ll guide you through the online lesson here.
17 Apr 2020 43 min

Investors and employers – seeing opportunities in midst of the COVID-19 experience

These days the news can feel like a constant stream of anxiety-inducing reports for investors. However, as Guy Chennells (Head of Product for Discovery Employee Benefits) tells Azania Mosaka, he believes that with strategic upskilling, innovation and patience, forward-thinking employers and investors can still come out on top. Guy shares…
15 Apr 2020 16 min

Could you be experiencing grief in the face of COVID-19 and lockdown?

Many of us were holding on to the notion of a 21-day lockdown. The most recent extension of the stay-at-home period to the end of April 2020, has reinforced all that the term “lockdown” implies - a loss of freedom, choice, movement, connection and more. Dr Colinda Linde, clinical psychologist…
15 Apr 2020 11 min

How to help teens manage their mental health during COVID-19 and beyond

The changes that COVID-19 has brought to our lives that can cause fear, anxiety, stress and confusion for a teenager. What are the signs and symptoms that parents should look out for as indicators that a teen is feeling overwhelmed? Access to local and global news around the pandemic, information…
15 Apr 2020 16 min

How do doctors really feel in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Doctors are far more vulnerable to COVID-19 than many of us realise. Specialist Dr Venesh Moodley is one of countless healthcare professionals vulnerable to severe illness as a result of repeated exposure to COVID-19 every day, at work. The challenge he and his colleagues face is immense. The stress, responsibility…
8 Apr 2020 26 min

COVID-19: GP celebrates access to virtual (online) consultations for his patients

Globally, the use of telemedicine has proven invaluable in the management of COVID-19. No one knows this better than Dr Sudeshan Govender, a KZN-based GP. He has for years, run a digitally enabled practice. He is used to carrying out virtual follow-up consultations with his Discovery Health Medical Scheme member…
8 Apr 2020 27 min

Clinical overview and management approaches to COVID-19 for doctors

Emeritus Professor Guy Richards, Academic Head and Professor of Critical Care at Wits University. In this episode, Professor Richards provides context on epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and management of COVID-19 patients with emphasis on pneumonia and patients requiring critical care.
7 Apr 2020 21 min

Understand how to help children through COVID-19-related stress

If you are a parent or if you care for children, then this podcast is for you! Professor Renata Schoeman shares brilliant tips on helping children to cope with the disruption brought to their lives by COVID-19 on all levels. Prof. Schoeman is a psychiatrist in private practice and co-founder…
7 Apr 2020 23 min

Certainty in the midst of uncertainty

In these unusual times, many people are feeling uneasy and uncertain. We understand that with the growing spread of COVID-19 across the globe, many people are wondering what impact this pandemic has on their life insurance policies. In this podcast, Dr Maritha van der Walt, Chief Medical Officer at Discovery…
2 Apr 2020 4 min
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