COVID-19 and Clinical Rotations in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Olga Djoutsop Mbougo; Vanessa Youmbi Nono; Ulrick S. Kanmounye

doi:10.5195/ijms.2020.539

International Journal of Medical Students (Jul 2020)

COVID-19 and Clinical Rotations in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Olga Djoutsop Mbougo,
Vanessa Youmbi Nono,
Ulrick S. Kanmounye

Affiliations

Olga Djoutsop Mbougo: Faculty of Medicine, Bel Campus University of Technology, Kinshasa
Vanessa Youmbi Nono: Faculty of Medicine, Bel Campus University of Technology, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Ulrick S. Kanmounye: Faculty of Medicine, Bel Campus University of Technology, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Global Neurosurgery Initiative, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Department of Research, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2020.539
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 2

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Two of the authors are final year medical students currently rotating at the Monkolé Mother and Infant Hospital Center, Democratic Republic of Congo. They recount their experience as interns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. They detail the national and hospital response to COVID-19 and their effects on the general population and healthcare personnel. They go on to describe how they are coping while they are at home.

Published in International Journal of Medical Students

ISSN: 2076-6327 (Online)
Publisher: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://ijms.info/

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