Non Ebola morbidity & mortality goes up 4 fold during outbreaks
We don’t want to see this for all our patients during covid-19 pandemic
Having paid a FORTUNE to rent the private hospitals we should be ensuring that all urgent non covid activity is maximised to mitigate this (1) https://twitter.com/coscardio/status/1249703073683058689">https://twitter.com/coscardio...
We don’t want to see this for all our patients during covid-19 pandemic
Having paid a FORTUNE to rent the private hospitals we should be ensuring that all urgent non covid activity is maximised to mitigate this (1) https://twitter.com/coscardio/status/1249703073683058689">https://twitter.com/coscardio...
(2) very real & very substantial risk to patients
Tackling covid-19 without ensuring we have mitigation in place both now for urgent care (cancer & non cancer) & important elective care as we come out the other side
Would be a gross injustice to our patients
Tackling covid-19 without ensuring we have mitigation in place both now for urgent care (cancer & non cancer) & important elective care as we come out the other side
Would be a gross injustice to our patients
(3) abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
IBD surgery
Cholecystectomies
Diagnostics
The important becomes urgent & emergent when left undone
IBD surgery
Cholecystectomies
Diagnostics
The important becomes urgent & emergent when left undone
(4) we are getting a lot of support right now but when our efforts our judged in hindsight
A jump in non covid morbidity & mortality will be judged very harshly indeed
And rightly so
ALL patients deserve our greatest efforts at a good outcome
#TeamHealth #Covid-19
A jump in non covid morbidity & mortality will be judged very harshly indeed
And rightly so
ALL patients deserve our greatest efforts at a good outcome
#TeamHealth #Covid-19