22nd June, 2020
In COVID-19 battle, doctors are down but not out
The Confederation of Medical Associations of Asia and Oceania met on 6 June 2020 to discuss the pandemic. One of the topics was the safety of doctors treating COVID-19 patients. Malaysia and Hong Kong reported that not a single medical doctor was infected with the coronavirus.
If the healthcare system is well managed, healthcare workers can be fully protected.
‘DailyRounds’, a network for academic doctors had a different and disturbing picture for India.
Too many healthcare workers in India have been infected. Often, resident doctors have to manage the wards without help from nurses and ward attenders.
Too many nurses from Kerala were infected with the coronavirus and many have returned home. Do resident doctors have a choice except to carry on stoically?
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“The calm surface appearance is the only armour we are left with. Underneath it, many healthcare workers are barely keeping it together.“
Dr. K. Anvar,
Pulmonary Medicine Professor,
Palakkad Medical College
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