Supporting each other: Pacific emergency care clinicians navigate COVID-19 pandemic challenges through collaboration

. 2022 Aug:25:100535.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100535. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

Laksmi Sakura Govindasamy^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorne, Victoria 3122, Australia.
² Austin Health, 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.

Laksmi Sakura Govindasamy. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug:25:100535.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100535. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

Laksmi Sakura Govindasamy^{1

2}

¹ Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorne, Victoria 3122, Australia.
² Austin Health, 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

LSG is an ACEM trainee and the recipient of an ACEM SUPRA Scholarship to support her PhD research.

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