Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 has not hit Nepal as hard as it has the rest of the world (as of 4th April2020). Countries are reporting a saturation in healthcare facilities and facing a rise in demand forhuman resources for health. It is difficult to predict the extent of the disease transmission in Nepal inthe absence of epidemiologic and statistical analysis in our context. But based on calculations madeby epidemiologists in other countries, there seems to be a significant possibility of an outbreak in ourcommunities too. Medical students can be a valuable human resource in a variety of ways to aid inthe country’s response to a possible outbreak. However, their involvement in the pandemic comeswith its own challenges. Thorough planning and preparation must be done before allowing medicalstudents to take part in the battle against the pandemic.
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that as of April 11, 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world with 1,610,909 confirmed cases and 99,690 mortalities globally.[1]
Countries that have been affected the most have reported a significant scarcity of health resources — resulting in a depleted and overworked human resource for health (HRH)
From a public health perspective, mitigation measures that have been put into place in Nepal aim to flatten the epidemic curve so that those who are infected can be managed without saturating available health resources
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that as of April 11, 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world with 1,610,909 confirmed cases and 99,690 mortalities globally.[1] As of April 11, 2020, there are 15 patients in isolation in different hospitals, and 9 confirmed cases of COVID-19 out of 4426 tests done in Nepal.[2] The disease is highly contagious and no proven treatment or vaccine for prevention is available yet. In such a context, the future will present substantial challenges. As a matter of fact, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has asked state governments to deploy medical students studying with a government scholarship if necessary
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