Social Responsibility for Health during COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Health is a fundamental right for which concerned sides should bear the responsibility at the individual, societal, state, and international level. Not only curative but preventive, promotive, and rehabilitative services should also be availed in accessible, affordable, and acceptable form. The quest for health becomes more intense during adverse periods like a pandemic. The whole world has witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic, the unprecedented pandemic of this century. This quest is more dismal in developing nations like Nepal when even resource-rich countries are laid down by it. The quest of health demands, hence more during this pandemic, for the bearing of the responsibility by all. Here, we have made an attempt to draw together the general and some specific responsibilities of various direct stakeholders in this pandemic with multifaceted mayhem. We have incorporated here, the responsibilities of the public, COVID and non-COVID patients, media personnel, health science students, professionals, institutions, state, and media to ensure or safeguard the health of self and others in this pandemic.

A Nepalese bipolar case amidst risk and protective factors during COVID‐19 pandemic

“…This case report gives an exemplary idea that the supportive role of neighbors who belong to native semi‐urban Nepalese society can be of great importance in all levels of management of mental illness including bipolar mood. Support of other people including neighbors helps the patient receive acute treatment, attain symptom remission, and achieve overall physical, intellectual, and emotional health; even and more so during the COVID‐19 crisis as responsible citizens 11 …”

“…Support of other people including neighbors helps the patient receive acute treatment, attain symptom remission, and achieve overall physical, intellectual, and emotional health; even and more so during the COVID-19 crisis as responsible citizens. 11 It would be pertinent to review the following (Table 1) to understand some of the major risk factors and protective factors which might play varying roles for predisposition, precipitation, or perpetuation and relapse, that is, determining the overall fate of the course of bipolar disorder. 5…”

Participatory Approach to Develop Evidence-Based Clinical Ethics Guidelines for the Care of COVID-19 Patients: A Mixed Method Study From Nepal

“…Few examples of effective communication which could benefit the patients and their relatives at the time of emergency are hourly updates on the availability of essential health services (e.g., oxygen, isolation beds, ICU beds, ventilator) at public and private health facilities, updated contact list of on-duty service providers, and mechanism for instant communication through social media channels. On the other hand, it is important to verify the information and updates based on the evidence available and disseminate them through authorized communication channels to avoid unnecessary public havoc during health emergencies ( 13 ).…”

“…A high influx of the poor patients caused severe delays in testing as well as hospitalization of confirmed cases, resulting in high mortality rates ( 13 ). Some of the patients who arrived at the hospital were financially crippled, but at the same time, hospital admission charges went up to 50–200 USD per day and 100–300 USD per day in public and private hospitals, respectively ( 14 ).…”

A Nepalese Bipolar case amidst risk and protective factors during COVID-19 pandemic: A Case Report

“…This case report gives an exemplary idea that the supportive role of neighbors who belong to native semi-urban Nepalese society can be of great importance in all levels of management of mental illness including bipolar mood. Support of other people including neighbors helps the patient receive acute treatment, attain symptom remission and achieve overall physical, intellectual, and emotional health even during the COVID-19 crisis [11].…”