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. 2021 Apr 30:1-5.
doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.128. Online ahead of print.

Switching to a Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Center: Lessons From Ariana Hospital Experience

Nidhal Belloumi  1 , Imene Bachouch  1 , Fatma Chermiti Ben Abdallah  1   2 , Soraya Fenniche  1   2
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Switching to a Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Center: Lessons From Ariana Hospital Experience

Nidhal Belloumi et al. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. .

Abstract

After the translating of the worldwide pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease from South East Asia to Europe, North African countries accelerate their steps to follow WHO guidelines to prepare the outbreak response. In March 2020, the Tunisian Ministry of Health switched Abderrahmen Mami Hospital to a COVID-19 center. The main objectives were management of patients but also setting-up new rules to permit enough safety for the staff members and harmony between medical, nonmedical, and administrative departments within the facility. Organization and communication during the fast-paced preparation process were crucial to get enough qualified human resources, material resources, and clear procedural texts in place before cases arrived in huge numbers. A group of medical and administrative experts within a central crisis unit brought this challenge into reality.

Keywords: COVID-19; communication; crisis units; health-care worker.

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