Abstract:
Introduction: On 11th March, 2020 COVID19 was declared
as a pandemic and it currently involves 210 countries
worldwide. Bangladesh declared its first case on 8th March
2020. Currently, the highest case detection of COVID is in
the Dhaka district. Due to a lack of quality PPE (personal
protection equipment) and proper knowledge of donning,
doffing and transmission dynamics of COVID 19 thought to
be high infection rate among physicians.
Material and Methods: A pretested questionnaire was set
and distributed among COVID 19 infected physicians
working at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital
through internet to know about the clinical and
epidemiological characteristics.
Results: 65.3% of the respondents were male and had a mean
age were 35.7 years. Among all the respondents, the highest
number of physicians involved were from medicine department
(26.9%). Lethargy, body ache and fever were observed in
57.69%, 50% and 30.7% patients respectively. Among 52
infected physicians, first time RT-PCR for COVID 19 yield
78.8% positive results. Prophylactic dose of
hydroxychloroquine taken by 15.3% patients before being
infected with COVID19.
Conclusion: Health care workers are getting infected in a
alarming number but fortunately at Shaheed Suhrawardy
Medical college all the cases were in mild form.
Key word: COVID 19, RT-PCR, SARS-COV-2
(J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2020; 38: 56-60)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v38i0. 47444