A comparative year-on-year study into the change of patterns of Open Globe Injuries (OGI) in two South African academic eye Centres during the Covid-19 crisis

During the Covid-19 Pandemic, severe lockdown restrictions imposed on the public in South Africa to alleviate the strain in the already overloaded public healthcare system. Healthcare workers were reallocated to Covid-19 units. This study investigates the change in pattern of Open Globe Injuries (OGI) presenting at the McCord Provincial Eye Hospital and Inkosi Albert...