Keron Akintola Ayodele Blair¹, Precious Pedersen², Mahnoor Aitzaz Khan³, Syed Sami Iqbal Ahmed³, Ahmed Abdullah⁴, Ibrahim Khalil³, Adnan Ali⁵, Masooma Afridi⁶, Muhammad Usman Sharif³, Huda Ijaz⁷, Fatima Saqib Rashid³, Nadeem Iqbal⁸* and Amna Khan⁹

¹American International School of Medicine, Georgetown, Guyana
²Windsor University School of Medicine, Saint Kitts and Nevis
³Shifa College of Medicine, Pakistan
⁴King Edward Medical University, Pakistan
⁵Latin American School of Medicine, Cuba
⁶Islamabad Medical and Dental College, Islamabad
⁷Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
⁸Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute Lahore, Pakistan
⁹United Medical & Dental College, Karachi

*Corresponding Author: Nadeem Iqbal, Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute Lahore, Pakistan.

Received: June 13, 2022; Published:

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic had profound effect on the healthcare dynamics and operational activities. This also involved the much important department of Gastroenterology care. Adapting safe distancing measures for outdoor patient care, such as modification of waiting areas to create safe distancing between patients, reduction of crowding in closed areas, managing judiciously the waiting times and motivating patients to wait outside premises of the hospital or clinic wherever feasible. Most effective tool can be the telemedicine consultations made by video phone calls.

The aim of this review was to delve into this important aspect in the current literature on both the direct repercussions of catching COVID-19 on the delivery of quality services in Gastroenterology clinics during the restrictions of pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Gastroenterology Care; Pandemic; Telemedicine

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Citation

Citation: Nadeem Iqbal., et al. “Gastroenterology Clinic and Related Challenges in Covid Era-Mini Review Article". Acta Scientific Gastrointestinal Disorders 5.7 (2022): 00-00.

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