Health Care Provision in Post-COVID-19 Period: Experiences from Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China

COVID-19 is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 and rapidly extended globally. Health systems are facing unprecedented challenges. During the epidemic, routine medical activities had even been deferred and only emergency services were provided. With control of epidemic situation in China, institutions in Wuhan are scheduled to recover to pre-epidemic status, especially for health system. The backlog of routine medical needs during the epidemic has become an urgent problem in post-epidemic period. However, existing of asymptomatic patients, possibility of recurrence, small-scale outbreak and COVID-19 situation all over the world could hamper recovery procedures. There is a probability of aggregation in hospital and a risk of cross infection in medical activities for patients and medical staff. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the procedure in hospital recovery in post-epidemic period based on the experiences of Tongji Hospital, which may benefit the health care resumption process all over the world.