As a physician, I'm feeling pretty sad today, in a way I've never felt before. I'll share here because there may be value to me or to others. 1/5
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#MedTwitter
This week I have been accidentally hearing and witnessing multiple experiences of my friends who are being verbally assaulted, threatened, and intimidated by COVID patients and their families for not buying into the conspiracy theories related to the disease. 2/5
Last year, sick patients were scared and grateful. Now some come to the hospital angry and with an agenda. It's a tough place to be as a doc: caught between our desire to help the patients and our obligation to not knowingly give them a harmful treatment. 3/5
Imagine having to have 2 security guards standing right outside the door, every time you go to evaluate a patient because her husband is threatening physical violence against you--simply for doing your best.
It just breaks my heart. 4/5
It just breaks my heart. 4/5
You see, #doctors and #nurses and #APCs are people, too. We have souls and feelings. In fact most are highly empathetic, which means when you're mean to us, belittle us, threaten us, assault us, it stays with us. We carry that burden for years, and at times to our graves. 5/5
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