Conclusion :
COVID-19 in pregnancy can be managed with early diagnosis and treatment,C- section is indicated for obstetrics reasons only and if SARI cases requiring immediate ventilator, step wise approach allows the surgeon and as well as other health care workers to be adequately prepared both mentally and physically and better and efficient patient care can be provided.
  1. Dr Jasiya mh- has been working on this topic since 1 month, studying various guidelines and forming a cumulative protocol to help and benefit other surgeons to carry out hastle free C section, after being posted to covid duty, implementing the same protocol and assessing to see the outcome, which was beneficial.
  2. Dr Ashok Devoor- has been helping in various ways to guide,monitoring and scrutnising and helping to get access to information, he has been assisting in every step to get a succesfull outcome.
  3. Dr Huded Sridevi- has been a strong support, she has been improvising the article and giving the necessary corrections, she has been very encouraging and motivating.
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