As relações globais/locais da pandemia da Covid-19 e seus impactos sobre as estruturas de serviços de saúde em Caicó/RN

Abstract

The arrival and response conditions to the Covid-19 illness in Caicó/RN presented significant challenges in the local healthcare network and the lives of the population. Therefore, the overall objective of the research is to analyze how the healthcare structures in Caicó responded to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic as a global vector. In this context, the following methodological procedures were considered: literature review; fieldwork; mapping of research areas of interest; and analysis and tabulation of primary and secondary data collected. Thus, it was possible to observe how the municipality of Caicó became an influential city in the Seridó Potiguar region regarding the provision of healthcare services, notably during the pandemic period, due to the opening of new facilities and the arrival of new medical equipment for the proper treatment of patients affected by the virus. In conclusion, it was noted that the city needed to readjust and reinvent itself to deal with the significant demand triggered by the Covid19 pandemic