| Autor: |
Panda DS; Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Giri RK; Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacy and Technology, Salipur, India., Khandai M; Department of Pharmaceutics, Royal College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Berhampur, India., Naguib IA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Abourehab MAS; Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
| Abstrakt: |
India has already passed through 2 waves of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic losing many lives. The reason for losing lives may be due to the unpreparedness of the health care system of India for this unprecedented pandemic. To assess the government's preparedness, an institutional-based cross-sectional prospective survey was conducted among the adult population of selected states in India. A self-administered 30-item questionnaire divided into 5 sections (demography of the participants, steps to create awareness, prevent spread of infection, handle the emergency, and prognosis) was distributed online through Google Forms. The responses were collected in an Excel file. SPSS software was used to perform the descriptive statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Nearly a quarter of the participants "strongly disagree"/"disagree" about the government's preparedness for the third wave. Considering their perception, it cannot be assured that the government is well prepared to handle the emergency. So, the government must maintain emergency funding and develop a health infrastructure. The government should take steps to reduce social stigma, prevent spreading of unscientific propagation, and make people aware of the World Health Organization (WHO) as the reliable source of information for health emergencies to avoid a human crisis in the future. |
