Imagine that you are driving a taxi which cannot stop, except in dire emergencies. Every ten minutes, you must take it to a new destination. If you take too long, […]
Month: March 2020
First shift on the covid-19 ward
A trainee ophthalmologist shares his experience of being redeployed to the frontline of covid-19 preparation and hopes that it will allay fears […]
Louella Vaughan: One size doesn’t fit all—coronavirus response must consider smaller hospitals
The news that the London Excel Conference Centre is to be converted into a 4,000-bed field hospital, led by the military, for patients with covid-19 has been in the headlines […]
Covid-19: I’m torn between going home, and helping the NHS
“Hi, I’m Penny, one of the medical students” I say openly. “No, it has to be—Hello, my name is Penelope Sucharitkul, third year medical student.” I’d been practising it wrong […]
Prevent, detect, respond: How community health workers can help in the fight against covid-19
S Olasford Wiah, Marion Subah, Brittney Varpilah, Ami Waters, John Ly, Madeleine Ballard, Matt Price, and Raj Panjabi explore how community health workers can be part of the effective response […]
Doctors have a moral duty to ensure that covid-19 testing is rolled out progressively
Many healthcare workers will have breathed a sigh of relief on hearing that rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for covid-19 will soon be available. To date, nearly 100,000 people have been […]
Protecting wildlife—a lesson from the covid-2019 outbreak that should not be overlooked
Discussion around the covid-2019 outbreak has focused on city lockdowns and how best to control the virus.1-3 But we should not ignore the protection of wild animals and their part […]
Steven van de Vijver: Europe is ducking its responsibilities to the refugees on Lesbos
You might think that the covid-19 pandemic racing across the world underlines the vulnerability of our shared existence. We can all see and feel how nerve-wracking and threatening is the […]
Looking after doctors’ mental wellbeing during the covid-19 pandemic
Kevin Teoh and Gail Kinman share ways that doctors can look after themselves during the covid-19 pandemic While organisational and systems factors are major contributors to poor mental wellbeing, individual […]
David Hunter: Covid-19—it is vital we put this crisis to good use
In every crisis lies an opportunity. Covid-19 is no exception. Of course any gains from falling air pollution levels in Beijing and London, a renewed desire to reconnect with and […]