Social Responsibility for Health during COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors

  • Dhana Ratna Shakya B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
  • Ravi Ram Shrestha National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Sarun Koirala B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
  • Santosh Upadhyaya Kafle Birat Medical College, Biratnagar, Nepal
  • Prasanna Subedi B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
  • Ayush Anand B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
  • Aparna Ghimire B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
  • Kishor Gurung Nepalgunj Medical College, Nepalgunj, Nepal
  • Krishna Pokharel B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jbpkihs.v4i1.36091

Keywords:

COVID-19 pandemic, Health, Nepal, Social responsibility

Abstract

Health is a fundamental right for which concerned sides should bear the responsibility at the individual, societal, state, and international level. Not only curative but preventive, promotive, and rehabilitative services should also be availed in accessible, affordable, and acceptable form. The quest for health becomes more intense during adverse periods like a pandemic. The whole world has witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic, the unprecedented pandemic of this century. This quest is more dismal in developing nations like Nepal when even resource-
rich countries are laid down by it. The quest of health demands, hence more during this pandemic, for the bearing of the responsibility by all. Here, we have made an attempt to draw together the general and some specific responsibilities of various direct stakeholders in this pandemic with multifaceted mayhem. We have incorporated here, the responsibilities of the public, COVID and non-COVID patients, media personnel, health science students, professionals, institutions, state, and media to ensure or safeguard the health of self and others in this pandemic.

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Author Biographies

Dhana Ratna Shakya, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Department of Psychiatry

Ravi Ram Shrestha, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Sarun Koirala, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Department of Anatomy

Santosh Upadhyaya Kafle, Birat Medical College, Biratnagar, Nepal

Department of Pathology

Prasanna Subedi, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

  

Ayush Anand, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

   

Aparna Ghimire, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Department of Psychiatry

Kishor Gurung, Nepalgunj Medical College, Nepalgunj, Nepal

Department of Microbiology and Infectious disease

Krishna Pokharel, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical care

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Published

2021-05-27

How to Cite

Shakya, D. R., Shrestha, R. R., Koirala, S., Kafle, S. U., Subedi, P., Anand, A., Ghimire, A., Gurung, K., & Pokharel, K. (2021). Social Responsibility for Health during COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, 4(1), 48–55. https://doi.org/10.3126/jbpkihs.v4i1.36091

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Review Article