Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medicine

Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal

Publications

• Research Article   
  Emergency Preparedness and Response for Corona virus Disease (COVID-19) in Hospitals of Kaski District
  Author(s): Sharmila Poudel*, Deepti KC and Surya Bahadur Hamal Thakuri
  
  The pandemic condition due to COVID-19 has been increasing rapidly and led the world to health emergency. Preparedness planning is essential from every aspect individuals, community and the hospital in order to respond effectively to the outbreak. The objective of the study is to assess the emergency preparedness and response for corona virus disease in hospitals of Kaski district. A cross sectional descriptive research design was used to conduct the study in all the hospitals of Kaski district. The information were collected from the Hospital administrators using a semi-structured interview schedule representing two points of time i.e., firstly when lockdown came into effect (end of March, 2020) and secondly during the study time (November-December 2020) of the research. During initiation of lockdown, majority of the hospitals (74.1%) reported abse.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2576-1420.2021.6.167

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