Challenges to delivering pediatric surgery services in the midst of COVID 19 crisis: experience from a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan
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In brief
In brief
This article examines how a tertiary care pediatric surgery department in Pakistan adapted surgical services during the COVID-19 pandemic, balancing emergency care for vulnerable children against infection control measures. The authors share institutional strategies and advocate for coordinated global approaches to maintaining essential pediatric surgical services during public health crises.
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Abstract
Covid-19 pandemic has significantly challenged the healthcare delivery across the world. Surgery departments across the country responded to this challenge by halting all non-emergency procedures. This delay in diagnosis and management of surgical disease could result in significant mortality and morbidity among the most vulnerable population-the children. In this manuscript, we discuss the measures adopted as well as the challenges faced by the pediatric surgery department at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi (AKUH), Pakistan, which is a private, not-for-profit entity and providing optimum surgical care to the patients. We also underscore the need for global strategies for tackling such crisis.