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ABSTRACT: Introduction
COVID-19 presented an unprecedented challenge for healthcare workers and systems around the world. Healthcare systems have adapted differently in terms of pandemic planning of regular services, adopting infection control measures and prioritising essential hospital services in the context of a burgeoning COVID-19 patient load and inevitable surge.Methods
We performed a review on current evidence and share our practices at a teaching hospital in Singapore.Results
We outline principles and make recommendations for continuity of delivering essential thoracic surgical services during this current outbreak.Conclusions
The maintenance and provision of thoracic surgery services in this context requires good preplanning and vigilance to infection control measures across all levels.
SUBMITTER: Leow L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413094 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leow Lowell L Ramanathan Kollengode K Kofidis Theo T Tam John Kit Chung JKC Mithiran Harish H
The surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland 20200807 1
<h4>Introduction</h4>COVID-19 presented an unprecedented challenge for healthcare workers and systems around the world. Healthcare systems have adapted differently in terms of pandemic planning of regular services, adopting infection control measures and prioritising essential hospital services in the context of a burgeoning COVID-19 patient load and inevitable surge.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a review on current evidence and share our practices at a teaching hospital in Singapore.<h4>Results< ...[more]