The mental health effects on COVID-19 patients are being taken care of according to the doctor in charge of the country’s COVID-19 hospital as a facility is expected to be set up to deal with the long-term effects of the virus.
This was disclosed to members of the media on Wednesday during a press conference which was held at Guyana’s Infectious Diseases facility. It was noted that staff there do look at the various aspects of the patients’ mental health.
When Stabroek News inquired as to how the mental effects of having the novel coronavirus is handled as it relates to each patient, Dr Tracey Bovell responded that the doctors along with nursing staff would engage the patients as they care for them and a psychologist comes on board to review those patients.