An ob-gyn shares how COVID-19 has affected her life.
, for example. We just started doing telemedicine visits, so if people have questions or concerns and are not able to determine if it is an emergency, we try to manage it virtually.
We used to have several doctors in the office at one time all seeing patients. Now we have split up into two teams and each team comes in every other day. If someone on my team is exposed, it assumes that we are all exposed, and that takes us out, and then there is a whole other team that can see patients and keep everything running as opposed to shutting down the office. Also, our practice is applying for theloan because we are a small business.
As for the hospital, as things have gotten busier, we have gotten the opportunity to volunteer in other areas. I volunteered to do anesthesia and toAt the beginning of this, did you ever think the practice would be applying for a loan? No, not at all, but things have changed. Think of all the medical practices that aren’t going to be able to sustain themselves. People like your ophthalmologist, your dentist—things that don’t require immediate care. It’s still a business.
We have full gear now—a face shield, N95 mask, double gloves, goggles, and a gown—but we didn’t get all of it until April. We have to reuse our N95 masks. The face masks we used to use and throw away, we are reusing now as well. They also gave us this fanny pack that can hold supplies like ourWhat we wear depends on whether we are going into the operating room. That’s one big difference in doing our deliveries now: Wearing all of this equipment is not something we used to do.
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