Being a septuagenarian and with a susceptible lung condition (C.O.P.D.) to boot, I've probably had too much time on my hands with this pandemic !
This has led me to mulling over the ramifications of this Covid-19 in terms of our society as a whole and the one area which really does give me cause for concern is the long term effect on the well-being on the personnel (in my opinion truly "Angels" ) of the NHS.
Nurses and Doctors see illness and death in their medical work and presumably take it as part and parcel of their job.
However, this virus has made the work that they perform for us, ensure they are not only seeing it much more than normal but in the case of the Doctors, having to give instructions for "Palliative Care" to patients instead of what they'd normally be doing and the Nurses having to administer that care.
This must have a longer term effect on their mental well-being !
Likewise, those carers whose residents are dying in large numbers in the "Care Homes" across the country.
May they all have some peace of mind when this eventually does end !
This has led me to mulling over the ramifications of this Covid-19 in terms of our society as a whole and the one area which really does give me cause for concern is the long term effect on the well-being on the personnel (in my opinion truly "Angels" ) of the NHS.
Nurses and Doctors see illness and death in their medical work and presumably take it as part and parcel of their job.
However, this virus has made the work that they perform for us, ensure they are not only seeing it much more than normal but in the case of the Doctors, having to give instructions for "Palliative Care" to patients instead of what they'd normally be doing and the Nurses having to administer that care.
This must have a longer term effect on their mental well-being !
Likewise, those carers whose residents are dying in large numbers in the "Care Homes" across the country.
May they all have some peace of mind when this eventually does end !
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