Open AccessThe Mass Infection of COVID-19 in Daegu City of Korea: Vascular Surgeons’ Perspective
Author(s) -
Young Nam Roh,
Seung Huh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vascular specialist international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2288-7989
pISSN - 2288-7970
DOI - 10.5758/vsi.200076
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , perspective (graphical) , virology , visual arts , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , art , disease
Since February 18, 2020, the number of patients with COVID-19 has increased rapidly after the infection was initially confirmed in Daegu. Daegu city subsequently became the largest epicenter of the coronavirus outside China. In the early days of the outbreak of mass infection, Daegu citizens were in various difficult circumstances. Vascular surgery in Daegu was also affected as much as other medical field. Most of elective schedule were canceled, and the vascular surgeons cooperated to utilize the limited medical resources in Daegu region. Fortunately, the citizens of Daegu city could overcome the first crisis because of matured citizenship, sufficient medical resources and the timely-supplied surplus bed for patient isolation. Now all humanity today is interdependent and we are all one community in the pandemic. To overcome pandemic, it is necessary to respect and share experiences in various places at the beginning of the crisis.