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Ayesha Shahid ¹, Amna Javed ², Muhammad Ikram ³, Makiya Sharif ¹, Rukiya Tariq ⁴

Affiliations
1 Trainee Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore – 54000, PK
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore – 54000, PK
3 Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore – 54000, PK
4 M. Phil., Public Health, Department of Public Health, University of the Punjab, Lahore – 54000, PK

Abstract

Pre-operative diagnosis of fortuitous rare tumors require careful clinico-pathological review; representing challenges to diagnose sarcomas in clinical practice especially in developing countries. Studies are needed that signifies their clear representation.

Keywords

Chemotherapy, Female Genital Tract Malignancies, Recurrence, Uterine Sarcoma

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Ayesha Shahid ¹, Khadija Arif ², Saulat Sarfraz ³, Amna Javed ⁴, Muhammad Ikram ⁵, Ammara Ihsan ²

Affiliations
1 Trainee Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, PK
2 Trainee Resident, Department of Radiology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, PK
3 Head of Department, Department of Radiology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, PK
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, Pakistan, PK
5 Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore - 52254, PK

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the challenges and coping strategies by Radiology Doctors during the COVID-19 Era. Materials and Methods: It is a mixed-method cross-sectional study done over one month in Radiology Department, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan with a convenient sampling technique. Results: 80% of the radiologists faced challenges during the pandemic. Age, gender, marital status, monthly income, residents, and years of residency showed significant associations with challenges faced by doctors in the radiology department during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many challenges in terms of management, psychological aspects, training education, and research work were faced by the radiologists but they coped with them heroically. Conclusion: COVID-19 posed a spectrum of unforeseen challenges to the radiologists of Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore. Challenges related to management, psychological aspects for doctors, research work and training education were all tackled by the senior and junior doctors by using various coping strategies.

Keywords

COVID-19 Challenges, Radiology, Strategies.

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