Abstract:
We are not quite 6 months into the pandemic lockdown in South
Africa (SA), and our caseload and mortality are finally declining. SA
has been spared the severe implications of significant hospitalisations
and deaths seen with COVID-19 in the Northern Hemisphere. But as
we open up our country, and our hospitals and clinics start to return
to normal business, it behoves us as healthcare professionals to look
back on the things we did well, and especially at the things we did
not do well, so that we can learn some lessons for the future. It would
be sad if we shook our heads and patted ourselves on the back and
moved on without reflecting on the crisis that has affected us all.
