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Telehealth: An Important Player During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Naureen Akber Ali and Adeel Khoja
Ochsner Journal June 2020, 20 (2) 113-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.20.0039
Naureen Akber Ali
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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3Department of Cardiology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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