The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the cardiology services in Northern Jordan

Rasheed Ibdah; Sukaina Rawashdeh; Abdullah Al-Kasasbeh; Mahmoud Albalas; Nail A Obeidat; Nasr Alrabadi

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2020.11.046

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the cardiology services in Northern Jordan

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 Dec:60:604-605. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.11.046. Epub 2020 Nov 19.

Authors

Rasheed Ibdah¹, Sukaina Rawashdeh¹, Abdullah Al-Kasasbeh¹, Mahmoud Albalas², Nail A Obeidat³, Nasr Alrabadi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 22110, Jordan.
² Department of General and Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hashemite University, Jordan.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 22110, Jordan.
⁴ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 22110, Jordan.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has rapidly spread worldwide starting from China in late 2019. The first case in Jordan was reported on March 2, 2020. The Jordanian government made many transformations to address this crisis. As we are the only referral cardiology center for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the north of Jordan, we made multiple adjustments to confront COVID-19 challenges. We emphasize that there is an urgent need to update all procedures and therapeutic activities that are performed in the Cath-Lab to minimize the risks for both the patients and the health care providers during the pandemic of COVID-19.