Senior Residents, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2020 Jun;64(Supplement):S237-S239. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_472_20.
A rapid cross-sectional survey was conducted across India among frontline allopathic doctors to know their prime concerns. Four hundred and five responses were received from 16 states and 3 union territories. Among doctors working in COVID-dedicated hospitals, 56.18% are formally trained for the same, and 40.5% of these are satisfied with the training. 47.3% of these have personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, 35.1% have no PPE kits, and 17.6% are not aware of their availability. 31.1% of doctors reported attending to COVID suspects without PPE. 58.1% of institutions have a dedicated task force, 20.3% do not, whereas 21.6% of doctors are not aware of such a task force. Only 21.6% of the participants consider their institution to be fully prepared for COVID. After performing COVID duties, 45.9% are being provided with an alternative place of stay, whereas only 16.2% have been quarantined. In non-COVID institutions, 82.4% of doctors are using protective gear, of these 35.2% procured them on their own.
一项针对印度一线西医的快速横断面调查旨在了解他们的主要关注点。从 16 个邦和 3 个联邦属地共收到 405 份回复。在专门治疗 COVID-19 的医院工作的医生中，56.18%接受过相关培训，其中 40.5%对培训感到满意。47.3%的医生有个人防护装备（PPE）包，35.1%没有 PPE 包，17.6%不知道是否有 PPE 包。31.1%的医生在没有 PPE 的情况下诊治 COVID 疑似病例。58.1%的机构有专门的工作队，20.3%没有，而 21.6%的医生不知道有这样的工作队。只有 21.6%的参与者认为他们所在的机构完全有能力应对 COVID。完成 COVID 任务后，45.9%的人被提供了替代住所，而只有 16.2%的人被隔离。在非 COVID 机构中，82.4%的医生使用防护装备，其中 35.2%是自行采购的。
