The COVID pandemic era has shaken almost every sector of the world. Even countries with great health infrastructure turned into a mere joke in front of COVID-19. With countless deaths around the world, the ungodly virus has been a curse especially for those who are already suffering other serious diseases. During the first wave of COVID-19, surgery was suspended in India. Patients were required to get their RT-PCR test done before being admitted to the hospital.
As per the Dainik Bhasker report, it was observed that in most cases people whose report came to be COVID positive, their surgery was not done. Due to this, the condition of those patients worsened. Now, the AIIMS Study report suggests that even COVID patients can now undergo surgery. The AIIMS Delhi Study further says that the surgery of COVID patients is safe.
Can a COVID-infected pregnant movie undergo C-section surgery?
As per Luv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health, performing surgery on COVID-infected or recovered patients is completely safe. It also implies on Omicron recovered or infected patients. When asked about COVID-infected or recovered pregnant women, it was revealed that such women can also have a C-section delivery and there is no danger in this.
It is pertinent to mention here the research was conducted on 53 people undergoing surgery at AIIMS from December 2021 to January 2022. In none of these cases, not a single patient died due to COVID. Although 4 people died due to some other problem.
Why surgeries were not performed in COVID first wave?
Now the question arises if conducting surgeries is safe on COVID-infected or recovered patients, then it was denied during the first wave? As per the report, during the first wave, COVDI infected patients could infect medical staff during the surgery or vice versa. Notably, during the first COVID wave, there was no vaccine as well.
Types of surgery?
There are two types of surgery- Planned surgery and Emergency surgery
Planned Surgery: As per Dr. VP Pandey, Medicine HOD of MGM Medical College, some surgeries are such, which are done with planning. For example, if there is a problem of scars, lumps, or warts on any part of the body, then we can plan according to our holidays and circumstances and get the surgery done.
Emergency surgery: There are some surgeries that need to be done immediately. For example, heart attack, bone break in a road accident, or blockage in the intestine. Time cannot be taken to perform surgery in such a situation. If it is too late, the patient's condition may worsen.
Why surgery can be done now?
COVID vaccine is now available and every section of society in India is getting jabbed frequently. Most of the people of India are getting jabbed from COVID vaccine, ever many are getting booster shots.