CoVID pandemic has emerged as a global health crisis and
proved to be a threat for the survival and well-being of every individual on
the planet. It has become a serious challenge for the health care providers
worldwide to cope with the ever increasing demand of personnel and equipment in
the health care facilities as the CoVID pandemic continues to disseminate to
even the remotest areas of the globe.
Although every country of the world has adopted the pandemic
management policies given by World Health Organization (WHO) and the developed
countries; the lock-down, self-quarantine, quarantine at centralized locations and increasing the production and supply of equipment did no good to the
underdeveloped nations and rapid rise in infections is seen even after the adoption
of all WHO-enlisted SOPs.
Most of the underdeveloped and developing nations have poor
ambulance and emergency transport facilities. A large number of patients are
left unaddressed due to the lack of inadequate hospital infrastructure.
Lack of ventilators and Personnel protective equipment (PPE)
is the major issue being faced by low to middle income countries (LMICs).
Although, the international bodies like WHO and World Bank have made policies to aid the sufferings of crippled economies, the condition keeps on worsening as
the number of patients continues to increase.
Due to the limited staff available in hospitals, the working
hours have extended leading to stressful work routine. The hospital staff has
to work overtime without being paid for it.
Lack of awareness about SOPs of self-quarantine is one of
the main causes of spread of infection. This is observed mostly in crowded
areas and regions where trend of large families living in a single home,
prevails.
The proliferation of disease couldn't be prevented in areas
where terms like personal hygiene are not known. Places where the availability
of the most basic necessities of life is scarce, goals of sanitization and
sterilization are hard to achieve.
With awareness to the public and financial support to the struggling
economies, the pandemic could be brought under control until our best hope for
the development of a vaccine, fulfills.
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