iarjmsIARJMSIARJMS2708-3594https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjms.2020.v01i02.033Health Needs of Migrant Workers in Kerala during COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Medical ObservationsNimishaSolomanPRVarghesePraveenlalKuttichiraKerala, an Indian state sets an example for rest of the world with its exceptional treatment of 'guest workers'. After lockdown, Kerala had 18,912 camps that housed over 3 lakhs migrant workers who were addressed by administration as Guest workers. The government departments were looking into the needs of them. However, individual medical checkup and dispensing medicines to the entire members of a camp community was not envisaged by the government system. This tertiary care centre provided mobile medical services through 81camps for 17 days at 33 locations under 10 police stations areas in Thrissur district of Kerala with the help of State police department. Almost 90% of migrant workers knew Hindi and 5 % were Tamil speaking. Remaining 5% (from Assam and Bengal) could converse only in their language. The health team managed essential communication with them in their language using Google Translator.  This medical camp covered 3021 migrant workers using 94-man days including 57 doctor days. Out of this 34 were diagnosed with Upper Respiratory tract Infection (URTI) and one case was Herpes. Three had TB and one had HIV. In all the visited camps, barring one in coastal region skin diseases were common. A few of them complained empty feeling, sadness, sleeplessness and muscle aches especially of calf muscles. They were known to be workaholics doing overtime work. A workaholic in workless times can experience Work Withdrawal Syndrome (WWS) which is an offshoot of workaholism. This study may be an eye opener to heath administrators to the need for medical care, follow up, extreme care to the diagnosed cases and such facilities even after lockdown among the guest workers.