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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Department of Emergency Medicine is the one of most busy in Nepal. Challenges and complexities of providing emergency medical service during the waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nepal were analyzed.
Three years (2020 – 2022) of data was analyzed from Covid patients registered in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Institute of Medicine for reference with National Data of Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal.
On November 15, 2022, there were 5,969,338 Covid PCR tests and 1,452,639 Covid Antigen tests in Nepal with 1,000,826 (16.8%) PCR, 152,197 (10.5%) being positive. The cure rate was 98.7% (988,316 cases). There were 12,019 mortalities with 1.2% case fatality. In TUTH 2020 – 2022 records; 3,794 total severe Covid-19 patients were admitted; In the first year, only two patients (1M:1F); In the second year 2,056 patients 1.8M:1F and in the third year 1,736 with 1.1M:1F. The age groups with the first wave vs the second wave were 6.42% vs 5.47% of 0-20 years; 24.22% vs 26.84% of 21-40 years; 30.57% vs 30.87 of 41-60 years and 38.57% vs 36.87% of above 60 years. The hospital mortality rate was 751 (19.8%). Challenges were due to resource limitation, limited PPE, scarcity of oxygen, medication, and ventilators. In TUTH, all levels of emergency management and various definite care were provided 24/7 hours in the pandemic period. There are a lot of challenges in Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Service due to a limited number of designated Advance Ambulances during transportation of severe Covid patients. With these challenges and complexities, there were six deaths of their own hospital staff due to severe Covid-19.
The challenges and complexities of providing emergency medical services during the Covid-19 pandemic in Nepal have been overcome with teamwork and activation of the emergency care system in Nepal.
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