Open AccessAplastic anemia: Non-COVID casualties in the COVID-19 era
Author(s) -
Nita Radhakrishnan,
Ravi Shankar,
Savitri Singh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_152_20
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , christian ministry , aplastic anemia , anemia , directive , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , pediatrics , disease , virology , immunology , psychiatry , outbreak , bone marrow , philosophy , theology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
With the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, health care for many non-COVID illnesses has inadvertently slid back. For most patients with life-threatening illnesses, the directive from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to continue the treatment for essential health services has come as a relief. However, for certain life-threatening illnesses such as aplastic anemia, the situation has been grim. We discuss the poor outcome of 2 children followed up at our center for aplastic anemia and analyze the reasons for the same.