Drastic reduction of orthopaedic services at an urban tertiary hospital in South Africa during COVID-19: Lessons for the future response to the pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 and the associated lockdown has heavily impacted on both orthopaedic inpatient and outpatient services. Lockdown led to a larger reduction in the orthopaedic trauma burden than in international centres, but the overall reduction in surgeries, outpatient visits and hospital admissions was less. This lesser reduction was probably due to local factors, but also to a conscious decision to avoid total collapse of our surgical services.PMID:33944745 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i3.15263
Source: South African Medical Journal - Category: African Health Authors: R Waters R Dey M Laubscher R Dunn S Maqungo G McCollum M Nortje S Roche T Hilton M Held Source Type: research
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