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S Afr Fam Pract (2004) · Nov 2020
A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa.
- Indiran Govender, Keorapetse M Masilo, Olga M Maphasha, and Sello Matjila.
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria and Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, Pretoria. indiran.govender@gmail.com.
- S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2020 Nov 16; 62 (1): e1-e6.
AbstractThe ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented a huge challenge to the health systems across the world. When the virus hit South Africa, and the state of national disaster was announced by the president, the healthcare system had to work on its COVID-19 response preparedness. Initially, a few hospitals were then designated facilities for managing COVID-19 patients. Kalafong Hospital, which was not amongst a list of designated facilities for COVID-19 was forced to evaluate its level of preparedness after an intern doctor tested positive. The objectives of this report are to illustrate the hospital's response around the management of the index case to share our facility's general response to the pandemic.
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