How did Manipal approach the covid-19 situation?This is an unprecedented situation and therefore there is no playbook to go by.
In late March, most treatment protocols were evolving and not much clarity on how the virus spreads. We observed the pattern from our hospitals in Delhi, Jaipur, Vijayawada that were in different stages of infection.
Bengaluru got into peak in the last 10-15 days and we learnt to improvise.What were the challenges?We saw that fairly ill people facing disease progression like cardiac, renal and cancer were not willing to get treated because of the fear and stayed away from hospitals.