Authors : Amol S Nanaware, Amol S Nanaware, Sunayana M Jangla, Sunayana M Jangla
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijmr.2020.054
Volume : 7
Issue : 3
Year : 2020
Page No : 299-301
An outbreak of respiratory illnesses of unknown etiology which was later identified as novel coronavirus
(nCov) contagion with its axis in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China rapidly emerged as a public health
emergency of global concern. This started as a cluster of cases in December 2019 and there have been large
numbers of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ever-since worldwide including
India. Because of its encyclopaedic quandary, COVID-19 was labelled as a pandemic by World Health
Organisation (WHO). Thus, it became important to strengthen the health care delivery system at the public
as well as private sector. Here we describe the challenges faced in private practice by a clinician in patient
management during this pandemic in India and measures taken to overcome them with the help of WHO
and national guidelines, clinician’s professional expertise and optimum infection prevention and control
practices.
Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Novel, Pandemic, Private Practice.