The pitfall may be known, but it is difficult to get around it: when all the forces and attentions are turned towards the fight against a pandemic, the chronically ill see their care regress… To the point, sometimes, that the collateral victims become more many more than the pandemic itself.
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In the era of Covid-19, "many people in need of treatment for pathologies such as cancer, cardiovascular disease or diabetes did not receive the care and medication they needed, " the director said on Monday. General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a press release.
As these patients are more at risk in the face of infection, it seems important to limit their exposure to the virus, therefore in particular in places of care. But many also gave up consulting for fear of the virus or disturbing overworked professionals; and the authorities have not always helped: Prime Minister Édouard
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