Impact of The Covid-19 Pandemic On the Activities of the Gynecology-Obstetrics Department of the Ignace DEEN National Hospital of the Conakry CHU.

Abstract

IS Balde, O Balde, FB Diallo, I Sylla, A II Sow, IT Diallo, T Sy and N Keita

The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is the main global health crisis of our time and the greatest threat we have faced in this century. According to the National Agency for Health Security (ANSS), which is the national body for the management of epidemics and pandemics, 12,516 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed out of 153,609 people tested with 10,879 cured and 74 deaths as of November 11, 2020. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of the GynecologyObstetrics department of the Ignace Deen National Hospital of the Conakry University Hospital. This was a retrospective, descriptive study from September 13, 2019 to September 12, 2020 on consultation, delivery and hospitalization activities. The study consisted of assessing the impact of the pandemic on the use of the service by patients during the first six (6) months of the pandemic. We recorded the frequency of consultations, deliveries and hospitalizations from September 13, 2019 to March 12, 2020 that we compared to the figures of the same data from March 13, 2020 to September 12, 2020. During the period from September 13, 2019 to March 12, 2020 we recorded 2,732 consultations against 1,358 for the period from March 13 to September 12, 2020 (first six months following the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea), a decrease of 34.59% (1374 patients). The same remark with a lower proportion this time was made with the deliveries (3,119 during the 6 months preceding the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea against 2,630 during the first 6 months of the pandemic, ie a decrease of 8.51%) and hospitalization (1,748 patients hospitalized during the 6 months preceding the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea versus 1501 patients hospitalized during the first 6 of the pandemic, ie a decrease of 7.6%). In this period of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to recognize a rapid and significant drop in the activities of the gynecology and obstetrics department. 748 patients hospitalized during the 6 months preceding the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea versus 1501 patients hospitalized during the first 6 of the pandemic, ie a decrease of 7.6%). In this period of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to recognize a rapid and significant drop in the activities of the gynecology and obstetrics department. 748 patients hospitalized during the 6 months preceding the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea versus 1501 patients hospitalized during the first 6 of the pandemic, ie a decrease of 7.6%). In this period of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to recognize a rapid and significant drop in the activities of the gynecology and obstetrics department.

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