New policy and regulation for a Radiology-Oncology Center at the time of Covid-19 outbreak in Tehran-Iran

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On February 19th, 2020 the Ministry of Health of Iran1,2 announced the first case of an infected patient
with COVID-19 (CoronaVirus Disease-2019). On March 11th WHO (World Health Organization)
declared COVID-19 a pandemic and a public health emergency. The number of infected patients
increased dramatically in Iran and throughout the world.
The infection chain rapidly progressed through almost all provinces of the country.1,2
The most affected provinces were Gilan (a northern province located along the Caspian Sea),Tehran
and Qom. During the first month of outbreak, there were 18,407 confirmed cases, 1,284 mortalities,
and over 5,979 recovered cases in Iran. 1
Schools and universities were ordered to close soon after the detection of the first cases in Qom. 1
Major restrictions for inter-city trips were put in place.
As of March 23rd, in Iran, there have been 23,049 positive patients, 1,812 deaths, and 8,376 recovered
from COVID-19 infection1 (Figure 1).
In this challenging time, all health care centers in Iran face an emergency.
Tehran is the capital of Iran. It is a metropolitan city with an area of 730 sq.km. Tehran’s population
is approximately 13 million in the city and 23 million in the larger metropolitan area of greater
Tehran.3
There are 13 radiotherapy centers in Tehran (6 in public sector and 7 in private sector). These centers
are distributed all over the city and cover different geographical area of Tehran. There are total
of 22 linear accelerator in Tehran.
Each health center has to implement major changes in its organization. We present here our policy
and rec

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مقاله ISI انگلیسی اصلی
سال انتشار: 2020
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Authors / Descriptions(نویسندگان/توضیحات): سال انتشار 2020 \ مقاله ISI انگلیسی اصلی \ نویسندگان: Sara Samiee, MD FRCPC, Farimah Hadjilooei, MD, Mahboobeh Alamolhoda, Shahram Akhlaghpoor, MD
Sent date(تاریخ ارسال) : 1399/02/11  |   4/30/2020
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Key words (کلمات کلیدی): Tehran-Iran , Covid-19
Number of pages(تعداد صفحات) : 19
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