Imagine this..

You are a doctor/ nurse/ lab technician or anyone who works in a medical field..but since I am a doctor, I can help you imagine more..!

You have been hearing on news about covid19, and since your line of work involve reading a lot..you have even come across articles and guidelines on how to manage such patients, looking at resources at your disposal..you think you can manage such patient..!

You go to work on your normal time table..a nurse report to receive a patients which you have to see...not knowing what you are facing..patient start to tell history of disease while coughing in the middle of conversation..sudden you suspect a patient to have covid19

You rush and put on protective gears and warn nurses and other attendants..you manage patient, inform authorities so they can come for testing and you go home..since you know you have been exposed you wear mask and take all precautions..and people calls you paranoid..

You take it in your heart..and chill.
Next day in public transport you hear people saying..covid19 is just a flu like any other flu, but at that point you are going to attend a suspect who cannot breath because of “just flu like other”

Patient condition get worse and you have to put machine to assist breathing, while back in your mind you know you have been exposed and you real dont want to put any of your family, friend or beloved in such danger..
And taking all precaution you restrict some admission

Because you real do not want to expose other patient..
In two to three days you get another 5 patients with similar presentation on symptoms and investigations..which add number to 6 patient at your disposal, and they all need oxygen.

You discuss with your collegue and decide there will be no more admission with partial lockdown of emergency department until proved otherwise from authorities..

And when you are in night shift you receive like four patient who require admission, oxygen support and probably ICU care..but you have no space or resource for that..you kindly tell relatives to take that patient to another hospital

Relatives replies..this was our last hope..we have been told the same even to the place you want to send us..they cannot receive us becaue they do not have enough resources to help..tell us doctor..TUFANYEJE. Imagine..same story for 4 people..imagine!

You become so emotional, about to shed tears..but there is real nothing you can do..nothing..other that telling them to look for other hospital maybe they will get help..deep inside you know it require a miracle to save that patient..!

You go back home in the morning, stressed, traumatised emotionally you real wish you could share that with someone face to face..so atleast you may off the burden in your chest..boom, you remember that you have been exposed and you real cant see such person.

You decide to internalise, shake it off and hope tomorrow will be a better day..only to find out that going to be your life for several months

And the you open your social media to help you forget with some humor and joke..only to find out people talking things they have no idea about converning the disease..you feel like exploding..

The only hope lies in authorities to take appropiate measures..and then your expectation magnify your dissapointment

Anyway..it was just an imagination

The least you can do is not to talk about something you have no idea with..even a mad man is considered wise when he keep mouth shut