Health care workers are facing a severe mental health crisis, according to a new survey published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Workers said they are experiencing harassment, burnout, and other mental health symptoms – including anxiety and depression – at levels higher than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Health workers and health-related professions have historically faced long work hours, often with unpredictable or rotating schedules or like what I experienced as an emergency physician working overnights and on holidays,” Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s chief medical officer, said during a press conference about the report Tuesday afternoon.
We need to get the wealthy middle man out of the picture. They are bleeding out healthcare system dry.
This is not wrong, but from the European perspective… Public healthcare is not better when it comes to work conditions.