The Three “R”s-Rights, Roles and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in India
This article addresses the rights, roles and responsibilities of Healthcare Workers (HCW) who are frontline warriors in any pandemic outbreak. Coronavirus- 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has emerged as international public health emergency in March 2020, and exposed the weak/failed healthcare system prepa...
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| description | This article addresses the rights, roles and responsibilities of Healthcare Workers (HCW) who are frontline warriors in any pandemic outbreak. Coronavirus- 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has emerged as international public health emergency in March 2020, and exposed the weak/failed healthcare system preparedness to respond to the pandemic threat and controlling the community spread. In India, huge population, poor economic growth and unacceptable doctor to patient ratio made swift response to emergence of pandemic, safeguarding HCWs, ability to provide care without mental and physical burn out challenging. This review emphasises the need for safety of HCW and patients, infection control, security to the family, psychosocial and mental well-being, proper allocation of medical supplies, medical ethics and communication |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bc3b6952edc467a8aa74fc15672b4332022-12-21T23:14:26ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2021-07-011507010610.7860/JCDR/2021/48651:15074The Three “R”s-Rights, Roles and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in IndiaMonalisa Biswas0Vijetha Shenoy Belle1PhD Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, IndiaAssociate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.This article addresses the rights, roles and responsibilities of Healthcare Workers (HCW) who are frontline warriors in any pandemic outbreak. Coronavirus- 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has emerged as international public health emergency in March 2020, and exposed the weak/failed healthcare system preparedness to respond to the pandemic threat and controlling the community spread. In India, huge population, poor economic growth and unacceptable doctor to patient ratio made swift response to emergence of pandemic, safeguarding HCWs, ability to provide care without mental and physical burn out challenging. This review emphasises the need for safety of HCW and patients, infection control, security to the family, psychosocial and mental well-being, proper allocation of medical supplies, medical ethics and communicationhttps://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/15074/48651_CE[Ra1]_F[IK]_PF1(SC_RK)_PN(KM).pdfcoronavirus 2019ethicsmedical professionpsychologyoath |
| spellingShingle | Monalisa Biswas Vijetha Shenoy Belle The Three “R”s-Rights, Roles and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research coronavirus 2019 ethics medical profession psychology oath |
| title | The Three “R”s-Rights, Roles and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in India |
| title_full | The Three “R”s-Rights, Roles and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in India |
| title_fullStr | The Three “R”s-Rights, Roles and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Three “R”s-Rights, Roles and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in India |
| title_short | The Three “R”s-Rights, Roles and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in India |
| title_sort | three r s rights roles and responsibilities of healthcare workers during covid 19 outbreak in india |
| topic | coronavirus 2019 ethics medical profession psychology oath |
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