Medical Social Service Officers and their contribution in COVID-19 Pandemic
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Social workers perform diverse roles in a hospital setting. They constitute an important workforce extending help to patients for their varied needs. In the current pandemic as well, team of social workers worked round the clock to arrange for the resources and facilitated important hospital functions. They are the “unsung heroes” amongst the front line warriors who sometimes even do not get their due recognition.Abstract
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