Pandemic's surgical sabotage

Abstract

Surgical care has steadily advanced and improved over hundreds of years. The evolution of surgical care in the past compared to advances in today's world was shockingly slow, with many interruptions and oppositions, but surgical advancement could only move forward if all other advancements in technology, scientific understanding, social and traditional concerns also progressed. This essay wishes to follow the incredible changes, that have enhanced or mitigated today's surgical services, but also events, like our present pandemic, that have interfered, even sabotaged the delivery of surgical services.

Keywords: Gross clinic; Pandemic; Sabotage; Surgical cancellations; Surgical staff shortages.