Changing Urological Practice in an Indian Tertiary Care Center Amid a Pandemic and Its Aftermath

Little is known about COVID-19 dangers and its tremendous impact on healthcare systems worldwide. India witnessed two complete lockdowns, which forced our hospital to be converted into a dedicated COVID Care Centre. Surgical intervention should not be neglected during urological emergencies. Adaptation to available resources, implementing small changes to the existing setup, adequate protection measures, and efcient decision-making in terms of surgical intervention help reduce the transmission of the virus as well as the morbidity and mortality of the patients. Therefore, if managed with precautions, urological emergencies can function uninterruptedly without compromising patient care. A pandemic like COVID forced us to change our approach to patients, which improved our level and horizon of education/learning and changed the system of OPD, OTs, and emergencies. If we learn a better way of managing and organizing patients and their procedures we will be able to nd an improved system of learning, patient care and clinical practices. And in preparation for future pandemics we will be able to manage things and the health system especially in urology in a more efcient manner.