ISSN 2348-1196 (print) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research ISSN 2348-120X (online) Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp: (12-20), Month: April - June 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
THE EFFECT OF LACK OF RELEVANT ICT TOOL KNOWLEDGE, ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIANS IN SOME SELECTED HOSPITALS IN RIVERS STATE DURING THE CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) PERIOD Dr. EGBA IFEANYICHUKWU (B.Tech, MSc, IITP, PhD)1* 1
Department of Computer Science, Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology Oro- Owo, Rumueme Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Published Date: 07-April-2022
Abstract: The study was carried out to determine the effect of corona Virus (COVID-19) on the performance of medical imaging technology technicians in some selected hospital of Rivers State. A descriptive cross sectional survey was used to determine the relationship between Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) and the performance of medical imaging technicians and to ascertain effect of Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) on the patient turn-up. To ascertain the effect of corona Virus (COVID-19) on performance of imaging technology technicians before, during and after the pandemic period. From the findings, it was observed that the turn-up of patients before and after the outbreak of the pandemic in the research area was very high in 2019 (120/100) and 2021(90/100) respectively compared to the year 2020 the year of the outbreak that recorded a very low turn-up of (9/30), that affected the services of the imaging technology technician as well as the hospital. In conclusion, it was recommended that i: every individual including the medical imaging technology technicians should have adequate knowledge of the disease and its precautionary measures, ii: there should be availability of Information and Communication technology centers where everyone can easily be able to reach their Care-givers iii) the medical Imaging Technology technicians should be well trained on how to use other modalities especially ICT tools to access and interact with patients in remote locations in periods and cases as this. Keywords: Covid-19, Performance, Effect, Imaging Technology technician.
1. INTRODUCTION The World Health Organization (WHO)’s March 11 acknowledgement of COVID-19 to be a global pandemic has removed any doubt about the threat that the virus positions to every country in the world. The virus has now been detected in 152 countries, with more than 180,000 infected and more than 7,000 killed. Though Africa remains one of the regions with the fewest respondents, the number of countries affected has increased over the past week. As of this writing, nearly 450 respondents have been reported in 30 countries, concentrated in northern Africa and South Africa, with 10 deaths reported. In Nigeria, the case of Corona virus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has put everything on hold in the country and the figures of corona virus patients in Nigeria keep rising ever since a Nigerian female, came into Lagos on Saturday, March 14, 2020, in a Turkish airline TK1830 and a Nigerian male who arrived the country in a Lufthansa (airline) LH568 on Friday, March 13, 2020 according to Lagos State health commissioner Akin Abayomi during a press conference; suggesting that the best way is to slow the rate is to halt the movement of the virus from person to person. Abayomi said that currently, they are following over 1,300 people right now to find information about the state of the health of New Respondents and appealed to people on the two flights to self-isolate themselves and contact the government.
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