Open AccessShortfalls to the Healthcare System and Recommendations During the COVID-19 Crisis
Author(s) -
Abida Sayed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
public health open access
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2578-5001
DOI - 10.23880/phoa-16000153
Subject(s) - overcrowding , health care , economic shortage , pandemic , covid-19 , healthcare system , business , workforce , medical emergency , medicine , economic growth , disease , government (linguistics) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , linguistics , philosophy , pathology
The pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID) has left the healthcare system in havoc. With the rise in cases and overcrowding of health facilities, the overburdened demand on the healthcare system has left it with shortages of key provisions, personnel and intensive care units. Suggestions to consider for addressing these issues include increasing the workforce by recruitment of retired health professionals, use of mobile health units to tackle bed shortages, and handmade masks to combat against PPE shortages.