Open AccessThe impact of government- and institution-implemented COVID-19 control measures on tertiary- and regional- level intensive care units in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
Author(s) -
K Rangai,
Arisha Ramkillawan,
M T D Smith
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
southern african journal of critical care/the southern african journal of critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2078-676X
pISSN - 1562-8264
DOI - 10.7196/sajcc.2022.v38i1.515
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , government (linguistics) , outbreak , intensive care , emergency medicine , tertiary care , health care , medical emergency , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on healthcare systems globally as most countries were not equipped to deal with the outbreak. To avoid complete collapse of intensive care units (ICUs) and health systems as a whole, containment measures had to be instituted. In South Africa (SA), the biggest intervention was the government-regulated national lockdown instituted in March 2020.