ABSTRACT
This letter is some reflections on the articles by Lee et al. that have been published in MEDICAL ONCOLOGY. In this article, the experience of transferring, screening, and uninterrupted treatment of cancer patients in our radiotherapy center during Delta Variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus epidemic in Xi'an, China is presented in the form of a flowchart. By taking effective control measures, the radiotherapy center has not only effectively prevented the spread of the virus, but also ensured uninterrupted treatment for all patients. Therefore, we quickly share our center's experience so that more radiotherapy patients can benefit.
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COVID-19/epidemiology , Neoplasms/radiotherapy , SARS-CoV-2 , COVID-19/diagnosis , COVID-19/prevention & control , China/epidemiology , Delivery of Health Care , Humans , SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification , WorkflowABSTRACT
Fighting on the frontlines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health workers are at high risk of virus infection and overwork-related sudden death and disorders including cardiovascular diseases and stress. When we noted the increase of overwork-related sudden deaths in physicians and nurses in the first 2 weeks after lockdown of Wuhan, we organized the 'Touching Your Heart' program by remote monitoring, aiming to protect health workers from overwork-related disorders through integrated volunteer work by physicians and medical engineering researchers from Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, and Tiangong University. By remotely monitoring the health conditions of the medical aid team working at Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, the program successfully helped in avoiding severe overwork-related events. The results from our program should be used to remind frontline health workers around the world to take precautions against overworked-related severe events, and show that precision monitoring is effective in improving work efficiency and maintaining a sustainable workforce during emergency situations like a pandemic.