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How do surgeons weather the storm of COVID-19 pandemic?
K Voon1, N Premnath2
1Penang General Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Jalan Residensi, Penang, Malaysia. kelvin.voon@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
COVID-19 has infected more than 10 million people worldwide and it has become one of the biggest challenges in the modern medical history. Wearing of face masks, social distancing, effective hand hygiene and the use of appropriate personal protective equipment are important in flattening the curve of the pandemic. The role of the surgeons in this battle against COVID-19 include curbing the spread of the disease, to protect and preserve the surgical workforce and to ensure the continuance of essential surgical services. We report our experience in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak in a tertiary surgical centre in the Penang General Hospital in Northern Malaysia.
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