post crisis

 

We were like a burnt child dreads the fire since then, we took rapid test for every patient entering our ED. The reason was simple, the local county government had kept sending patient relevant with the event for PCR test on daily basis; which indicated that the local community was not safe. Thence we started to treat patient outside the ED. For patient who needed to enter the hospital building for examination, they would need to clear rapid test for covid. The practice was adopted for almost 2 weeks when boss came to ask us about the situation. An inquiry was made to the local health authority and we were told that all related persons were cleared and the screening would be stopped in a few more days.

Despite of their promises; residents were still brought to our screening station by police. We felt uncomfortable with it but yet were unable to raise any question to the local authority. Our ‘clear to enter’ policy had gone for another one weeks before most of us loosen our grip.

There were no more active cases since then. Most of the cases diagnosed were residing in the north; some of them had traces down south but did not lead to any local infection.

The Hypoman visited us 2 months later and noted with hypoglycemia again. The Taximan suffered from shortness of breath and numbess over limbs from time to time and I had seen him lately in ED. The Mangoman’s wife had unfortunately passed away during her stay in the ward.

The Delta crisis had drawn an end after 1+ months of struggle. 2 months later the country daily Covid cases had hit zero again. Happiness did not last very long; another Delta cluster was noted in a kindergarten days after the zero emerged.