Outpatients
To minimize the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to our patients and
health care professionals, all elective face-to-face out-patient reviews
were cancelled and turned into a virtual consultation by telephone or
video-link. During this COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has been
explored and utilized in many other specialities and it has proven its
value in such prospect (20-22). With the passage of the peak of
COVID-19, “face to face” consultations were re-established for a
proportion of patients, with all necessary preventative measures.