Short Communication
Year: 2020 | Month: October | Volume: 7 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 16-18
Tele-consultation in COVID-19 Era: Pros and Cons
Nitin Gupta1, Vishal Kaundal2, Shalini Verma3
1 M.D. Nuclear Medicine, 3 M.D. Radiation Oncology,
Department of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra at Tanda Himachal Pradesh, India
2M.S. Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra at Tanda Himachal Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Shalini Verma
ABSTRACT
The corona virus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been declared as global pandemic. This outbreak has brought global health emergency with the diversion of healthcare resources in addressing corona virus threat. With the rapid rise in the cases of COVID-19 all over the world, continuing and maintaining face to face consultations has become too risky for both the patients and the doctors. So as an alternative, tele-consultation over phones has come out to be the simplest solution at the period of such pandemic crises. Tele-consultation seems to be the cheapest means of communication along with availing advantage of health care services when there is utmost need of maintaining social distancing to limit the risk of such a deadly virus transmission. Tele-consultation on one hand serves though can act as an immediate stress reliever for the patients and their families but, due to its short comings in terms of lack of personal contact and physical examination, it may not alleviate the patient’s concerns completely.
Keywords: Tele-consultation, health care, COVID-19, pandemic
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