Surgeon and COVID times

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less” -Madam Curie Who would have wondered that these words would prove to be more applicable at a time when the world is overcome with gloom and the fear of the corona virus diseas...

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Published inAl Ameen journal of medical sciences Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 137 - 140
Main Author Jignesh Gandhi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Al Ameen Medical College 01.07.2020
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covid-19
patient care
surgeon
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Summary:“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less” -Madam Curie Who would have wondered that these words would prove to be more applicable at a time when the world is overcome with gloom and the fear of the corona virus disease now known as COVID-19. This is the worst crisis faced by mankind since the Spanish Flu of 1918 [1]. Surgeons have shifted base from patient centric ethics to public health centric ethics [1]. There is an inevitable stress to surgeons worldwide as they are forced to stop elective surgical work and shift their priority towards other aspects of patient care. This changing scenario of ethics is purely due to the scarcity of health care resources compared to the escalating number of COVID positive loads of COVID positive patients seeking medical care.
ISSN:0974-1143
0974-1143