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- The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has significantly impacted healthcare delivery, prompting public hospitals to suspend non-essential services to prioritize COVID-19 care.
- The Western Cape Province in South Africa, particularly Cape Town, was the hardest-hit area during the epidemic, necessitating a strategic response from local healthcare facilities.
- This text outlines the development of the COVID-19 clinical service at Groote Schuur Hospital, aiming to share insights on overcoming challenges faced by hospitals in low-resource settings during the pandemic and future surges.
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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has challenged the provision of healthcare in ways that are unprecedented in our lifetime. Planning for the sheer numbers expected during the surge has required public hospitals to de-escalate all non-essential clinical services to focus on COVID-19. Western Cape Province was the initial epicentre of the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa (SA), and the Cape Town metro was its hardest-hit geographical region. We describe how we constructed our COVID-19 hospital-wide clinical service at Groote Schuur Hospital, the University of Cape Town's tertiary-level teaching hospital. By describing the barriers and enablers, we hope to provide guidance rather than a blueprint for hospitals elsewhere in SA and in low-resource countries that face similar challenges now or during subsequent waves.
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