• Introduction: Labour is a natural phenomenon which produces intolerable pain that requires effective methods for pain relief which is often challenging and complex task without regional analgesia. Epidural analgesia is most widely accepted method used to reduce labour pain. • Aims and Objectives: Assessment of epidural analgesia in pain relief during labour, duration of different stages of labour, maternal and foetal outcome. • Methodology: This study is a Prospective Observational study conducted at RL JALAPPA Hospital, Kolar from January 2020 to June 2021.40 women admitted for normal vaginal delivery opting labour analgesia were studied. Data collected was entered in Microsoft excel spread sheet and results were analysed. • Results: The mean duration of first stage of labour was153 minutes, mean duration of second stage was 30minutes, and mean duration of third stage was 12 minutes. During first stage of labour, 20 women (52%) had no pain, 12 women (31%) had mild pain and 6 women (15%) had moderate pain. During second stage of labour, 16 women (42%) had mild pain, 15 women (39%) had no pain and 7 women (18%) had moderate pain .During third stage of labour, 30 women (78.9%) had no pain and 8 women (21%) had mild pain. The mean Apgar score of all babies at 1 minute was 7/10 and 5 minute was 9/10. • Conclusion: Epidural analgesia is a safe and effective technique during labour and provides significant pain relief with excellent patient satisfaction.

Introduction: COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019 ), an acute respiratory disease caused by Novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is declared to be a public health emergency of international concern by WHO and declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Health care workers on the frontlines are vulnerable to infection and heavy stress. Objective : Assessment of psychological status in Health care workers in Department of OBG and its allied branches at RLJH and Research centre during COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: The study population included Health care workers in Department of OBG and its allied branches at RLJH. The study tool included questionnaire of 2 sections with 40 questions filled by staff mentioned above and stress levels were evaluated accordingly. Results: A total of 271 participants involved in this study completed the questionnaire which included various factors causing stress and also factors that helped to reduce stress. Conclusion: Covid- 19 outbreak was a stressful experience for healthcare workers. The preventive measures implemented by our Hospital administration as described in our study were useful to reduce stress among them. The experience of Healthcare workers can be enhanced by hospitals on targeting the present aspects in this study during future outbreaks.