Doctors Guard Against Prisons Against COVID-19
Originally published by Korea Biomedical Review on 17/03/2020
Summary
Healthcare workers in Daegu are helping to fill the void in caring for inmates vulnerable to the coronavirus in Daegu’s prison and detention centers. Two doctors share their story of being deployed to Daegu’s correction facilities and the requisite cautions and protocols to reduce the fear and proliferation of the coronavirus in prisons. Notably, both doctors note the shortage of medical resources being deployed to prisons.