Role of District Hospital Pulwama(J&K) in Mitigating the Coronavirus Pandemic

Abstract

COVID-19 has become unprecedented challenge all over the world, especially for the healthcare sector. This disease being novel in its spread and impact has created a chaos globally. District hospital Pulwama falls within the administrative district of the Jammu and Kashmir region of India. This hospital is designated as a special COVID Care hospital since the spread of the Coronavirus. During this pandemic, even with scarce material and human resources, this hospital played a pivotal role in managing the crises caused by the spread of this dreadful communicable disease. There is an urgent need of having a relook at the role of secondary level health care institutes at district levels to meet the ever-growing health-related challenges. Policymakers need to take the present circumstances and the role played by these hospitals into account while drafting healthcare policies for the future. The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has provided an opportunity for this healthcare institution to learn and unlearn various methods and practices to deal with such situations in future. This paper is a sincere and genuine attempt to investigate the role of District hospital Pulwama in the Kashmir region of India, in mitigating the Coronavirus crises.