Kanna Rishi M, Rajasekaran S
Department of Orthopedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Hand Microsurg. 2020 Sep 17;13(4):216-220. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1716479. eCollection 2021 Oct.
No single event hitherto has stumped the world more significantly than the present Corona pandemic. In a short span of a few months, the world economy, healthcare, livelihood, and human survival have been direly threatened by the rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and fatalities. While dispensations across the world are finding ways to tackle the pestilence, the medical fraternity faces a unique conundrum. On the one side, the health care team is at the forefront fighting the disease and saving patients from the grip of death. On the other side, the healthcare industry is facing a crisis in terms of safety of healthcare personnel, difficulties in online tele-healthcare, economic sustainability, challenges in healthcare education and other problems in safe health care delivery. The authors provide a broad perspective at the current pandemic and its implications on orthopaedic practice in the near future.
迄今为止，没有任何一个事件比当前的新冠疫情更严重地困扰着世界。在短短几个月的时间里，全球经济、医疗保健、生计和人类生存都因新冠病毒病例和死亡人数的迅速增加而受到严重威胁。虽然世界各国政府都在想方设法应对这场瘟疫，但医学界却面临着一个独特的难题。一方面，医疗团队站在抗击疾病的最前线，将患者从死亡边缘拯救回来。另一方面，医疗行业在医护人员安全、在线远程医疗困难、经济可持续性、医疗教育挑战以及安全医疗服务中的其他问题等方面正面临危机。作者从广泛的视角阐述了当前的疫情及其在不久的将来对骨科实践的影响。
