Local experience for managing oncology services during COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia
Nagwa Ibrahim, Mohamed Almeziny, Abdulaziz Alhamad, Ashraf Farrag
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic led to several critical challenges that impacted the healthcare system worldwide. Many guidelines have been developed internationally and nationally aiming to minimize the risk of infection and its sequential complications. Cancer patients on active treatment are at higher risk to get infected either due to the disease itself or the cancer treatment and other comorbid diseases. In this manuscript we share our local experience while delivering oncology services during the COVID-19 pandemic at Prince Sultan Military Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineHealth care2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedical emergencyDiseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Family medicineIntensive care medicineInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)Economic growthVirologyOutbreakEconomicsCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts