Lessons from the frontlines: a junior doctor's experience of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a resource-limited setting.
Med Humanit
; 47(3): 380-383, 2021 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1223632
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has stressed healthcare systems across the globe. We present the experience of an intern medical officer working in a tertiary care hospital during the first wave of the pandemic in Sri Lanka. Her narrative describes how the stress of the pandemic brought into sharp focus the strengths and weaknesses in the health system. We suggest some strategies to improve our health services as the world faces the second wave and an uncertain future. These include structural changes in healthcare services at institutional and national levels, focused educational programmes for healthcare professionals to impart generic skills of disaster management, and the development of telehealth services and computerisation of health systems. We believe that we must maintain this focus to ensure that our patients can be guaranteed quality healthcare in the future.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physicians
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Delivery of Health Care
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Health Resources
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Internship and Residency
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Med Humanit
Journal subject:
Ethics
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Medhum-2020-012109
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