Emergency, Intensive Care & Hyperbaric Physician. My account, my views. Strong advocate for integrity, advocacy & sustainability.
Oct 10, 2021 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
As NSW prepares for it’s grand re-opening tomorrow & VIC abt 2 wks behind, I wait cautiously with bated breadth. As I write this thread, the backup area for COVID pts in one of the places I work at has hit capacity. The docs are apprehensive at what the night will bring 🧵1/n
& tomorrow, we will execute the next stage in our surge plan. I want to talk to u abt #Moral_injury. As a HCW in this pandemic, I have been thru the highs & lows of everything my state has borne witness to thru the lens of my work. 2/n #Covid19Vic thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
Sep 3, 2021 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
I have had a few days to reflect & I have been through the anger, the grief & now have come to acceptance. There is no doubt that we, Victorians are in a race to vaccinate our state to freedoms that will make life better and more bearable. A 🧵, 1/
There is no time now to lay blame, denigrate or become nostalgic about what might have been. There is now a clear call for action, a race to vaccinate. I am inspired by the writing of @DrJ_Thompson. A clarion call in dark times to the work that Victorians did last year to save 2/
