The burden of non-COVID patients: Caring for the left-behind

(PCR) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exposed gaps in health care systems. Recognition of the impacts of these gaps offers an opportunity for health care professionals working with political institutions to improve the intersection between health and society. Health care systems will need to simultaneously deal with non-COVID-19 chronic conditions ("the people left behind") as well as maintain hospital facilities at a high level of preparedness for urgent care pandemic patients.