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Distressing healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: the challenges of holiday season in the Philippines

Author(s) -

James Darwin N Lagman,

Raymond John D Vergara,

Philip Joseph D Sarmiento

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdab003

Subject(s) - distressing , covid-19 , pandemic , health care , medicine , environmental health , virology , economic growth , outbreak , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , chemistry

The holiday season, Christmas to New Year, is the most festive period of each year in the Philippines. However, the beginning of the festive holiday season in the Philippines seems to be a predicament to healthcare workers and professionals especially during this coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The holiday season is considered a health risk in the Philippines because of the change of lifestyle leading to the increased number of health consultancies and hospitalization. Thus, the expected surge of people in the hospitals and clinics pose an added stress to healthcare workers and professionals. Pre-Holiday policies and programs are therefore essentials especially during the course of battling COVID-19.

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