To tackle covid19 head on, transform healthcare from within
4 Hrs Ago
In this file photo. Dr Jaeon Bobb tends to a patient at his Nexus Care Ltd office. To tackle covid19 head on, we need to transform private healthcare from within. -
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If we are to attack covid19 head on, we need to transform private healthcare from within. We can save the lives of the one in two people who are dying now from totally preventable chronic diseases, and are among the first to be cut down by covid19. If we dramatically shift the focus towards primary care, enlist insurers, and adopt digital tools on a mass scale, we can not only save those lives, we can turn the $4 billion private healthcare industry in TT into an engine of economic growth.
The second pandemic has already begun
Thursday 28 January 2021
In this file photo, Dr Jaeon Bobb attends to a patient at his Nexus Care Ltd office in Bon Air Gardens. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, doctor’s visits were down by 80 per cent during their first three months of lockdown in 2020. -
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One in three patients missed their doctor’s visit last year. This is setting us up for our next health crisis, and nobody is talking about it.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (disclaimer: I have consulted for the EIU), reckons that doctor’s visits in TT were down by 80 per cent during the three months of lockdown in 2020, and down by 20 per cent for the rest of 2020 and up to now. Until a vaccine arrives, a recovery of the market is unlikely anytime soon.