Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Reprod Sci. 2021 Apr;28(4):1020-1022. doi: 10.1007/s43032-021-00474-w. Epub 2021 Feb 5.
As the emaciated healthcare system is attempting to break the tide of the novel coronavirus pandemic across the globe, the highest cost of this fight is being borne by the third world countries. India is currently experiencing the peak incidence of COVID-19 cases. For the last 9 months, non-emergency services including OPDs have been suspended in majority of the hospitals to divert resources for combatting emergency medical care during this deadly pandemic. This temporary pause and containment could be detrimental to even patients suffering from malignancy. During this critical hour, commencement of infertility treatments including assisted reproductive technologies (ART) will add to additional burden upon the crippled medical fraternity. Fate of thousands of patients seems to hang by a fine thread now. In the resource-poor countries, it is our duty to divert maximum medical power to curtail this contagious pandemic rather than focusing on non-urgent treatment services.
在瘦骨嶙峋的医疗体系试图打破全球新型冠状病毒大流行的浪潮之际，这场战斗的最高代价却由第三世界国家承担。印度目前正经历着 COVID-19 病例的高峰。在过去的 9 个月里，包括门诊在内的非紧急服务在大多数医院都已暂停，以便将资源用于在这场致命的大流行中进行紧急医疗护理。这种临时暂停和遏制措施可能对即使是患有恶性肿瘤的患者也会造成伤害。在这个关键时刻，开始进行不孕治疗，包括辅助生殖技术（ART），将会给本已瘫痪的医疗界带来额外的负担。现在，成千上万的患者的命运似乎岌岌可危。在资源匮乏的国家，我们有责任将最大的医疗力量用于遏制这种传染性的大流行，而不是专注于非紧急治疗服务。
