'Ready to quit': B.C. nurses, doctors exhausted as COVID-19 hospitalizations expected to peak
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While the most challenging days of COVID-19 are predicted to be ahead for British Columbia's health-care system, representatives for doctors and nurses say their members are on the verge of a possible collapse.
While the most challenging days of COVID-19 are predicted to be ahead for British Columbia's health-care system, representatives for doctors and nurses say their members are on the verge of a possible collapse.
Doctors of BC president Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh said it has been an overwhelming three years for her members.
“I am hearing from some doctors who are just ready to quit,” she said in an interview.
The organization represents 16,000 physicians in the province.
“People have shared their honest feelings with me and they're feeling so consumed. They're emotionally exhausted. They're feeling depleted,” she said.
“They're seeing their patients suffer. They're also under such constraints.”
Aman Grewal, president of the BC Nurses Union, said nurses are under “incredible pressure” to balance family and work responsibilities, which doesn't leave them with enough downtime to take care of themselves.
