A research study to understand the impact of pandemic on healthcare workers

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken up the entire human race as it has led to more than 2.9 million deaths globally, as reported by Johns Hopkins University’s Covid-19 Dashboard on April 2021. This pandemic has shaken the entire world and we are still not ‘out of woods’ yet. Globally, 136 mn patients have been affected by this pandemic and the healthcare infrastructure is in overdrive now. Healthcare workers are our first responders in these adverse times and the irony is that this is also significantly affecting them. A question, which needs consideration is, if our healthcare workers i.e. frontline doctors and nursing staff are succumbed to this situation, then who will save the humankind. This question needs to be answered by looking from the research perspective as to why healthcare workers and care providers are most vulnerable in these pandemic situations and why there is so much mortality in that group. We have tried to understand the key reasons behind this high mortality rate by qualitative review.