Authors
Rachna Seth, Gargi Das, Kanwaljeet Kaur, R Mohanaraj, Prasanth Siri, M Abdul Wajid, Piali Mandal, Debasish Sahoo, Tincy Thomas, Meenakshi Raina, Aditya K Gupta, Jagdish P Meena
Publication date
2020/12
Journal
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Volume
67
Issue
12
Publisher
Wiley
Description
Providing medical care to children with cancer is challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic, given the risks of death from cancer versus death or serious complications from COVID-19 infection in immunocompromised hosts. 3-8 There is shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health personnel, restricted inpatient and intensive care facilities, and limited blood bank supplies and diagnostic services. 4 In this correspondence, we describe the strategy used in our unit to deliver optimum oncology services during COVID-19 pandemic best suited to our system.
Scholar articles
R Seth, G Das, K Kaur, R Mohanaraj, P Siri, MA Wajid… - Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2020