Hello all.
We all know about the toll COVID-19 has been taking on our hospitals. I've been hearing that our hospitals are under intense pressure at the moment and there have been articles which have said retired practitioners have been called back to help reduce the stress in the wards. My question is, how exactly are these hospitals assigning doctors to treat patients with COVID-19? Are they assigning most of the doctors to help out in the ED, regardless of their subspecialties? So what I mean by that is, could they possibly be assigning the dermatologists/cardiologists/opthalmologists on site to help out with the ED? If that's the case, wouldn't there be shortages of doctors treating existing problems (i.e. shortage of dermatologists, cardiologists, etc)?
We all know about the toll COVID-19 has been taking on our hospitals. I've been hearing that our hospitals are under intense pressure at the moment and there have been articles which have said retired practitioners have been called back to help reduce the stress in the wards. My question is, how exactly are these hospitals assigning doctors to treat patients with COVID-19? Are they assigning most of the doctors to help out in the ED, regardless of their subspecialties? So what I mean by that is, could they possibly be assigning the dermatologists/cardiologists/opthalmologists on site to help out with the ED? If that's the case, wouldn't there be shortages of doctors treating existing problems (i.e. shortage of dermatologists, cardiologists, etc)?