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Challenges of Health Care Providers During the Crisis of Covid-19 Pandemic
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Challenges of Health Care Providers During the Crisis of Covid-19 Pandemic
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
The world is facing the sweeping effects of COVID 19 thathas started from Wuhan City. It exponentially spread globallyand turned out to be an outrageous event for the economyand global health. 1 The major challenge for the health careprofessionals is to cope with mental and physical stresswhile dealing COVID-19 patients in hospitals. 2We would like to highlight the challenges that are faced byour front line workers and how they are trying to cope withthese situations in Pakistan. Safety of health care workersform being infected with the virus and facing aggressivebehavior from attendants of patient simultaneously is oneof the main challenges. Until now, a number of cases havebeen reported on daily basis where doctors and paramedicalstaffs are beaten and injured due to aggressive actions ofattendants. This attitude reflects the inaccessibility of hospitalsand unavailability of appropriate health care services; fromwhich provision of ve...