Open AccessHospital Preparedness for Outbreak at Patan Hospital: Lesson Learnt from COVID-19
Author(s) -
Ashis Shrestha,
Piyush Rajbhandari,
Sumana Bajracharya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nepal health research council
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1999-6217
pISSN - 1727-5482
DOI - 10.33314/jnhrc.v18i1.2547
Subject(s) - preparedness , medicine , interim , covid-19 , outbreak , medical emergency , mass casualty incident , disaster preparedness , emergency management , pandemic , disaster planning , poison control , suicide prevention , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , disease , political science , law
Patan Academy of Health Sciences started preparedness for COVID-19 in response to increasing number of patient in neighboring country. Outbreak preparedness in resource limited setup is challenging. Despite this, preparedness was done in reference to WHO interim guidance utilizing best available resources. During this preparedness, one patient was isolated as suspected COVID-19. This paper presents level of preparedness achieved with the limited resources and the lesson learned while isolating the patient.Keywords: COVID-19; Disaster; hospital preparedness