Impact of Corona Pandemic on Healthcare: Lockdown or Unchained?
While the 1.3billion people went into a prolonged lock down, initially for 3 weeks and later extended by two more weeks, this time period was well envisaged to escape the initial wrath of Corona virus pandemic, while preparing the infrastructure to tackle the load of patients expected. Stringent public health measures were put in place with an intention to flatten the curve and not let the resources be overwhelmed. During this period, the regular patients coming to the hospitals for the out-patient visits and non-emergency ailments were stopped, and only emergencies were entertained. This was done to avoid crowding of patients and their relatives in the hospitals and also letting the healthcare machinery to focus on the task at hand. Handling humans, that too the sick ones is a challenge. Unlike files in an office, which can be prioritized and less essential ones set aside for later, such things are a challenge when one deals with human beings. Patients who are on regular follow...