Title 

Medicolegal and Ethical Issues in Context to COVID-19 Pandemic.

Authors

Sachin S Patil, Ravindra B Deokar, Rajesh C Dere, Hemant G Kukde, Narendra B Kumar

 Abstract

In addition to the dearth of resources and technology, there was absence of awareness about the pandemic in the general public. Apart from this, there has been a severe psychological impact on the masses due to the mortality and morbidity caused by COVID 19 disease. COVID 19 has displayed itself as a challenge to the human race in the context of resources, planning, manpower, healthcare infrastructure, emergency disaster management responses and policy making. It is extremely significant that various policies in COVID-19 pandemic are controlled by ethical and moral principles. Common danger cannot be tackled without collective effort. As there is wide variation in health infrastructure and healthcare systems in various countries, ethical insight and legal view do differ among the countries over the globe. As far as India is concerned, with the average healthcare system, failed to tackle the COVID 19 pandemic. But even the developed countries with the best healthcare system struggled to overcome the challenges posed by this COVID 19 pandemic leading to multiple ethical and medical legal issues.

keywords 

Epidemic Diseases Act, Emergency Disaster Management, Shortage of Resources, Psychological Impact, Healthcare impact.

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