The response to COVID 19: a journal of the initial institutional experience of  general surgical units at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Samarathunga, Dishan; Gamage, Ranjanie; Wickramarachchi, W. A. N. T.; Kokulan, T.; Sivagnanasundarampillai, Thivvika; Gunarathne, Janitha; Sivaganesh, Sivasuriya

doi:10.4038/sljs.v38i1.8690

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“…Several studies assert that COVID-19 outbreak adversely affected South Asian region and people take the serious concern to adopt safety measures including India (Gopalan & Misra, 2020), Nepal (Asim et al, 2020), Pakistan (Noreen et al, 2020), and Sri Lanka (Samarathunga et al, 2020). These countries also adopted multiple measures to reduce the risk of the pandemic outbreak including, social distancing (Mehta, 2020;Ramesh et al, 2020), isolation (Yıldırım, Geçer, & Akgül, 2020), lockdown (Mucci et al, 2020), and many more (Lakshmi Priyadarsini & Suresh, 2020).…”

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Risk Reduction of COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan

Shoaib

Abdullah

2020

Social Work in Public Health

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This study attempt to examine the risk reduction mechanism of the COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan. World Health Organization (WHO) declared the emergency and provided guidelines to reduce the risk of a pandemic. Thus, people tried to adopt multiple health safety measures to reduce the risk of a pandemic outbreak. Therefore, this study was designed to conduct an online survey technique to collect information from 1264 individuals in Pakistan. The rationale to select the technique was based on the pandemic situations in the country i.e. COVID-19. Moreover, it was used to main social distancing and following the health safety measures. Thus, a well-structured questionnaire was administered based on an attitudinal scale and google form was used. The inclusion criteria were defined on the questionnaire such as an independent age bracket (18-60), resident of Pakistan, using social media, and literate. The response was stopped after reaching the sample at 1264 participants. The study findings reveal that social isolation, social distancing, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) had a significant positive impact on risk reduction of COVID-19 among individuals. Moreover, hand and respiratory hygienic along with the risk of infection also significantly contributing to minimizing the pandemic outbreak.

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Risk Reduction of COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan

Shoaib

Abdullah

2020

Social Work in Public Health

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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the trends and characteristics of natural and unnatural deaths in an urban Sri Lankan cohort viewed through retrospective analysis of forensic death investigations from 2019 to 2022

Gunawardena,

Dassanayake,

Keerawelle

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Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a severe impact on global health. Apart from the disease itself, the strict restrictions and lockdowns enforced to minimize its spread have also substantially disrupted personal and public health.Methods: An analysis of forensic autopsy investigations was conducted between 2019 and 2022 on a selected urban population in Colombo, Sri Lanka, assessing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality within these communities.Results: During the COVID-19 restrictions, there was a 2.5-fold increase in the total number of deaths, with a significantly higher percentage of female deaths than before. The majority of these deaths were due to cardiovascular causes, while COVID-19-related deaths ranked third overall. The highest proportion of COVID-19 deaths occurred among unvaccinated females. The monthly frequency of deaths from traffic accidents, poisoning, and asphyxiation decreased, while deaths from blunt trauma, sharp trauma, burns, and immersion increased. There was also a rise in blunt homicides and a greater number of femicides during the COVID-19 restrictions than in the pre-pandemic period. A significantly higher percentage of males who received the COVID-19 vaccine died from cardiovascular causes compared to those in the unvaccinated group.Conclusion: The significant changes in mortality demographics and causes of death within this community during the COVID-19 restrictions underscore the disruption in healthcare, health-seeking behavior, and social interactions during this period. The vulnerability of individuals residing in highly urbanized areas with lower socioeconomic status, particularly women, is brought into sharp focus.

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The response to COVID 19: a journal of the initial institutional experience of general surgical units at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo

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Risk Reduction of COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan

Risk Reduction of COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the trends and characteristics of natural and unnatural deaths in an urban Sri Lankan cohort viewed through retrospective analysis of forensic death investigations from 2019 to 2022

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