COVID-19: The imposter in our emergency department

• Main Author: William Wilson
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University College of Medical Sciences 2021-03-01
• Series: Research and Humanities in Medical Education
• Subjects: chronic illness; communication skills; covid-19; empathy; health humanities; medical humanities; narrative medicine; pandemic; provider-patient relationship
• Online Access: https://www.rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/452

As the world battles COVID-19, talks are rife about vaccine distribution and health policy overhauls. Amongst all this mayhem a section of patients suffers silently. The patients with chronic systemic diseases requiring regular care at the hospital for follow-ups and dialysis are getting lost in the crowd of COVID suspects. This paper narrates the harrowing ordeal of a patient shunted across hospitals all because of a fever, and in the end it discloses her eventual diagnosis.