Pandemic Makes Hospitals Financially Sick
The New Indian Express Chennai|May 24, 2020
Closure of hospitals, low turnout of outpatients dent finances of smaller health care providers. Many doctors undergo 50 per cent pay cut; contractual ward boys and nurses worst affected. PPE kits for doctors and staff prove to be a big burden on nursing homes and private clinics
Omjasvin MD
Pandemic Makes Hospitals Financially Sick

The COVID-19 crisis has pushed several industries to the brink of an economic crisis. Ironically, it has not spared players in the healthcare sector too. Closure of hospitals and low turnout of outpatients have impacted finances of hospitals and, in turn, resulted in pay cuts for doctors. Experts blame inadequate investments and the lack of infrastructure reforms for the crisis.

It’s the smaller healthcare providers such as nursing homes who have been hurt the most. Most of them are not in a position to spend consistently on PPE kits for their doctors and staff, not to mention the need for space to have isolation wards. Nurses, ward boys, and sanitary staff, who are mostly hired on contractual basis, suffer the most.

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