Medical care of patients in the emergency department of the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade during the epidemic of COVID-19.

The largest number of tested and confirmed COVID patients, 32 (16.0%) PCR positive patients of 200 tested, were hospitalized at the Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases of the MMA. In the case of a positive PCR test, a COVID-19 patient was transferred to the Clinical Center of Serbia, the main triage clinic designated exclusively for managing COVID-19 patients. The care of such patients requires large financial allocations for institutions that deal with COVID-19 patients. In order to protect our patients admitted to the hospital from the danger of potential entry of COVID-19 patients, the field hospital (admission-triage tent) has been set up in front of the entrance of the MMA Emergency Center. [Extracted from the article]