While the #UCP were on vacation, we #HealthcareWorkers were getting crushed in hospitals short-staffed, exhausted and frustrated b/c of staff exposures & infections.
NOT seeing family, parents, friends or enjoying our “traditions”
I had to return to hospital today, because in my delirium yesterday I forgot to sign 2 more death certificates
Fams can’t visit pts., no time to call every fam, palliating pts. alone, through a tablet or limited to only 3 ppl. Traumatizing 4 all
But I’m glad they got their rest
On behalf of all of #COVIDAB physicians, nurses, RTs, OTs, PTs, porters, lab/DI/pathology, unit clerks, cafeteria staff, cleaners, and paramedics and their families
At the end of 96h in 8d on service and have been all over ED and multiple COVID units. Anger/frustration increasing daily from all MDs, nurses, staff in here at lack of vaccinations while watching others w no #COVID19 exposure/risk getting theirs.
We spent months in the Spring working w many Dept. of Med colleagues working on an #MD workforce expansion plan specifically b/c there are not enough #hospitalists and #internists to handle pt. volumes.
Each day of delay further demoralizes an already exhausted workforce.