Impact of COVID-19 related lockdown on hospital admissions, hospital burden and deaths due to non- COVID illnesses in a tertiary care centre in Southern Sri Lanka

• Main Authors: N.P. Weerasinghe (Author), H.M.M. Herath (Author), R.W.R. Champani (Author), M.A.S.N. Wickramasinghe (Author), T.P. Weerarathna (Author), D. Palangasinghe (Author), Y.A.R.P. Jayasinghe (Author), K. Jayasekara (Author), G. Senarathna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Sri Lanka imposed an aggressive curfew to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which led to major changes in population behaviour. It was presumed that these measures could affect the morbidity patterns and management of other medical conditions. We aimed to study the impact of the pandemic o...