A Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Institutional Isolation during the COVID Pandemic: A Multifaceted Responsibility

The occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused big challenges in medical communities due to its unpredictable and uncertain nature It leads to a great deal of physical and psychological concerns It is more prone to patients with comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus and also to immune-compromised patients such as cancer patients Children are no exception Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy in the pediatric age group In this case, we discuss the concerns and reflect the issues of a 10-year-old boy of ALL who was tested COVID positive during the evaluation and treatment of his disease and was admitted in a COVID isolation center along with his mother who was COVID negative