• J Nepal Health Res Counc · Apr 2020

    Hospital Preparedness for Outbreak at Patan Hospital: Lesson Learnt from COVID-19.

    • Ashis Shrestha, Piyush Rajbhandari, and Sumana Bajracharya.
    • Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences Lagankhel, Nepal.
    • J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2020 Apr 20; 18 (1): 142-143.

    AbstractPatan Academy of Health Sciences started preparedness for COVID-19 in response to increasing number of patient in neighboring country. Outbreak preparedness in resource limited setup is challenging. Despite this, preparedness was done in reference to WHO interim guidance utilizing best available resources. During this preparedness, one patient was isolated as suspected COVID-19. This paper presents level of preparedness achieved with the limited resources and the lesson learned while isolating the patient. Keywords: COVID-19; Disaster; hospital preparedness.

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