She said she had been told that she could go back to consulting provided she was not sick and observed the necessary precautions, such as wearing a mask.
The doctor of a private practice in Hilton, in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, who saw SA's first confirmed coronavirus patient says she is as “fit as a fiddle”.
Dr Robyn Ann Reed, a general practitioner, attended to a patient on March 3 at her practice and recommended that he take a swab test. The man was told on Thursday by theReed spoke exclusively to SowetanLIVE's sister publication TimesLIVE and said it was “business as usual”, with the doors of the practice remaining open.“For patients that are brave enough, we are treating those people.
“A person who might be carrying the virus should wear a mask. We're washing our hands and going around our rooms regularly, disinfecting every hour or so.” Reed said she personally felt that this would turn out to be a “storm in a teacup” in the context of her practice.
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