A design-led PhD endeavour through Covid: be empathetic to be creative – See. Feel. Act!

The pandemic, which can be envisioned as a collective nightmare for humanity, was contemplated in July 2020 from the author's residence. Everyone, regardless of social status, had difficult times in their personal and professional lives. Although we researchers are concerned and responsible for enhancing both paradigms of humanity with the help of innovations in emergency situations, this study is based on my experiences pursuing a PhD at the time of Covid-19 in the domain of healthcare infrastructure and service design. The PhD aims to design, develop, and deploy a cost-effective collapsible mobile Primary Health Centre (mPHC) unit specifically tailored for low-resource settings. This report will take readers on an unknown journey through the process of conducting design-led research and disseminating insights for future researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]