How Working In A Covid Ward Has Changed My Outlook Towards Life, A Doctor Writes
3 years, 7 months ago

How Working In A Covid Ward Has Changed My Outlook Towards Life, A Doctor Writes

News 18  

This pandemic has been a weird yet important learning period of my life. Over the months, I realised how working in a Covid ward has changed my outlook towards life. Families are being torn apart and lives of many young kids are being devastated due to the loss of a family member. Losing patients under my care now feels like losing a member of my family; it gets to me every single time. Even after witnessing so many deaths from Covid, each new death’s emotional impact has remained constant — and extremely sad.

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Firstpost  

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The Independent  

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Daily Mail  

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CNN  

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ABC  

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4 years, 8 months ago

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