Covid-19 Crisis: Tackle Through Paradigm Shift Focus from Tertiary Care to Primary Care
2020
To stress upon the primary level of prevention in fighting against the deadly Coronavirus(2019-nCoV)infection rather than tertiary care to increase the survival rate by stopping the spread of the pandemic andalso this article describes elements of design of strengthening primary health care that is strengtheningthe health care delivery at the grass root level so as to decrease the burden of tertiary care in India. ANovel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in Wuhan city of China capable of causing life threateningrespiratory illness declared as a pandemic by WHO and has become a global fear among the communityand healthcare professionals in 2020.All recent articles were given the priority, though the information onprimary prevention focusing on delivering primary health care is in scarcity. An honest attempt to write anarrative review is made. The lack of prevention campaigns led to the increase in the dearth rate worldwideas the healthcare facility or tertiary care was incapable to handle such pandemic as great infrastructure isrequired. India is nonetheless different from other countries affected by COVID -19, as it is a developingnation and contributing just 5.3% of GDP to the health sector. Therefore, by strengthening robust primaryhealth care delivery system in India can combat this pandemic.
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