The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the continuity of transfusion care for thallasemic patients: A case report

Pan African Medical Journal. 2021;38(33):1-8.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic could have a major impact on the capacity of health systems to continue the delivery of essential health service While health systems around the world are being challenged by increasing demand for care of COVID-19 patients, it is critical to maintain preventive and curative services, especially for the most vulnerable populations such people living with chronic conditions like thallasemics In this context and since the start of the SARS-CoV-2 health crisis, the National Blood Transfusion Center of Morocco has ranked among its priorities the need to maintain transfusion management for chronic polytransfused patients, particularly those with thalassemia We report in this paper, the case of a thallasemic patient whose transfusion management was disrupted by the restrictive measures introduced by the Moroccan authorities and for which the National Blood Center of Morocco provided effective support © Sabah Bouhou et al
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Language: en
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