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No single event hitherto has stumped the world more significantly than the present Corona pandemic In a short span of a few months, the world economy, healthcare, livelihood, and human survival have been direly threatened by the rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and fatalities While dispensations across the world are finding ways to tackle the pestilence, the medical fraternity faces a unique conundrum On the one side, the health care team is at the forefront fighting the disease and saving patients from the grip of death On the other side, the healthcare industry is facing a crisis in terms of safety of healthcare personnel, difficulties in online tele-healthcare, economic sustainability, challenges in healthcare education and other problems in safe health care delivery The authors provide a broad perspective at the current pandemic and its implications on orthopaedic practice in the near future
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