Lakhani Amit, Sharma Ena, Gupta Kirti, Kapila Savita, Gupta Shivangi
Professor (Orthopaedics), Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College of Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
Associate Professor, (Periodontics), Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences of Research, Mullana, Haryana.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2020 Sep;68(9):66-69.
Pandemics always come up with various life-threatening issues. COVID-19 outbreak came up with the same issues along with certain other problems involving public, administrative and healthcare sector concerns. It resembled the SARS outbreak but posed such challenges against the world that are uneasy to handle. The disease which started from Wuhan, China has now affected almost every country in a ruthless manner. Healthcare workers are working day and night just to protect the citizens despite being at high-risk exposure and they are being aimed by the virus due to shortage of Personal Protection Equipment kits. Not only this, but they are being brutally harassed by the patients themselves. Social, economic, psychiatric and many other factors are responsible for deteriorating the health of these frontline healthcare workers who are now being allegedly regarded as "Healthcare Warriors".
大流行总会带来各种危及生命的问题。新冠疫情爆发也带来了同样的问题,同时还引发了一些涉及公众、行政和医疗保健部门的其他问题。它类似于非典疫情,但给世界带来了难以应对的挑战。这种起源于中国武汉的疾病如今已无情地影响了几乎每个国家。医护人员夜以继日地工作,只为保护公民,尽管他们面临着高风险暴露,而且由于个人防护装备短缺,他们正成为病毒的攻击目标。不仅如此,他们还遭到患者本人的残酷骚扰。社会、经济、精神以及许多其他因素导致这些一线医护人员的健康状况恶化,他们现在被称为“医疗勇士”。