COVID-19 times: Dentists, Opthalmologists, ENT specialists only taking serious cases
Many ENT, dentistry and ophthalmology specialists are monitoring patients and providing tele and online consultancy.;
New Delhi: Amid lockdown all non-emergency medical procedures at hospitals have been put off to ease the burden on doctors caring for coronavirus patients.
Though general patients are not denied medical services, hospitals have been asked to avoid crowding to prevent any coronavirus infection.
Dr Jyoti Sheoran of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Safdarjung Hospital told IANS, "We have our emergency services open. Patients are coming and we are treating them. We have a few services open, but we are not making it public to prevent crowding.
"On Saturday, I attended 30-35 patients. Nobody is being denied any service. But we are prioritising our patients and not encouraging those with simple problems to avoid them exposure to Covid-19 infection."
Though the expertise of dentists, ophthalmologist and ENT specialists isn't much required in the Covid-19 battle, they are still on duty, but attending fewer patients.
Many ENT, dentistry and ophthalmology specialists are monitoring patients and providing tele and online consultancy.
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