Surgeons

Trauma during Covid-19

Loss of human life, quarantine, loss of revenue and fear, panic, and tension that are actually triggering mental health conditions or exacerbating existing ones. It is standard and so understandable that people are facing fear in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Added to the fear of getting the infection in a pandemic. People agonizing with pre-existing neurological, mental or substance use disorders they are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection ̶ they can have a greater risk of severe outcomes, even death.