Déjà Vu or Jamais Vu? How the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Experience Influenced a Singapore Radiology Department's Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic
Lionel Tim‐Ee Cheng, Lai Peng Chan, Ban Hock Tan, Robert Chun Chen, Kiang Hiong Tay, Moi Lin Ling, Bien Soo Tan
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. This article shares the ground operational perspective of how a tertiary hospital radiology department in Singapore is responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic. This same department was also deeply impacted by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003.
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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)OutbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakDéjà vuCoronavirusBetacoronavirusDiseasePediatricsEmergency medicineVirologyFamily medicineInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)PsychiatryCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesHealthcare cost, quality, practices