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Jasna Karacic Doaa Alkhazaleh, Mahmoud Al-Hussami, Fadi Fawaris, Rabia Haddad
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Health Pol Manage
The most common patient right across the globe is the right to access to health care. As the COVID- 19 pandemic increases the numbers of patients flowing into the hospitals with, health professionals are being extra careful about medical consultation for outpatients. This can present an ethical and moral dilemma to health professionals who must choose between providing care or postponing already scheduled diagnostic and therapy processes. Obviously, for some patients that can be very dangerous. They may be chronic patients with unrecognized complications or acute conditions, for whom delayed reaction and emergency response will not be adequate. However, we need to keep in mind that patients have their rights and that they must get full respect of their human right to health care even in the situation of COVID-19 or any other pandemic. The responsibility for communicating COVID -19 is relying on Health Diplomacy (HD). COVID- 19 transcends national boundaries and governments and calls for global action to determine the health of people. However, understanding the needs of each individual patient locally brings together the best outcome of treatment and establishes a stronger relationship of trust between patients and health workers. Now, we can see how public health is important: as an answer to the high-level question in health diplomacy. We need to understand better the tracking statistics so that we clearly see how patients we affected in relation to their non COVID-19 health problems. Responding to emergencies, whatever the cause presents a very big challenge for successful world health management. Diplomatic rule of control emergency operation is unique and only when politics admits mistakes could learn from them. As a result, when it comes to planning for positive outcomes, we should be ready to face the new threats and sustain public confidence. References 1. Brown MDM, Tim K, Shapiro CN, Kolker J, Novotny TE. Bridging Public Health and Foreign Affairs: The Tradecraft of Global Health Diplomacy and the Role of Health Attachés. Sci Diplomacy. 2014;3:3. 2. Karacic J, Arvanitakis M, Van Den Haute E, D’Souza R. Failure of Health Diplomacy to Communicate Covid-19: Political, Ethical, Legal And Medical Perspective. Global Bioethics Enquiry The Scholarly Publication of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics. 2021;9(2). 3. Chen LH, Freedman DO, Visser LG. COVID-19 Immunity Passport to Ease Travel Restrictions? J Travel Med. 2020 Aug 20;27(5):taaa085. 4. Study on Cross-Border Cooperation; Capitalising on existing initiatives for cooperation in cross-border regions Cross-border Care, 2018.
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