The medical community in Saint Lucia is concerned about the psychological impact of COVID-19 on patients and health care workers as the pandemic continues to impact this country. 'We are seeing, and we saw this with the previous surge, and we have seen this throughout the time that we have been handling COVID, the psychological impact on patients,' Consultant Nephrologist Dr. Merle Clarke explained. Clarke noted that patients with COVID-19 have to be isolated from family members who cannot visit them in the hospital as part of infection prevention measures. 'So the usual visiting hours at the hospital do not