Uvodnik
https://doi.org/10.52872/001c.27683
COVID-19 crisis in Nepal: A case of systems and governance failure in a low-income country
Amrit Devkota
Biplov Adhikari
Shyam Sundar Budhathoki
Richard Pinder
Lila Bahadur Basnet
Sažetak
A 38-year-old SARS-COV-2 positive man with mild symptoms was isolating at home. After several days, he became short of breath with pulse oximetry dropping to 88% on room air. With friends and families frantically calling all nearby hospitals for hours, a hospital bed was finally found. Upon admission, he received supplemental oxygen along with the available medicines. Two days after his admission the hospital ran out of medical oxygen. It was up to the family to find medical oxygen. Even after a full day’s search for oxygen by all friends and family, not a single cylinder was found. A day later, gasping, he took his last breath. This is a common occurrence in Nepal during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Datum izdavanja:
27.5.2021.
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