Bengaluru: Doctors and healthcare workers are risking their lives at the frontline of the fight against coronavirus, but delayed policymaking and slow procurement processes have raised concerns about an imminent shortage of personal protective equipment for them.
Personal protective equipment, or PPE, include masks, goggles, gloves and face shields, is a mandatory requirement for all health workers screening, testing or treating people for the virus.
Both doctors and manufacturers have flagged the issue of dwindling PPE supplies. “We cannot afford to have our doctors and nurses contracting the virus at this juncture as there is a shortage of medical personnel to treat the infected," said Dr U.S.