Respiratory Therapist Urges Province To Provide Better Mental Health Support For Front-Line Workers
According to the CBC, a respiratory therapist on Vancouver Island says hospital working conditions have grown dire during the two-year COVID-19 pandemic as staff contend with a lack of mental health supports.
"I have a lot of colleagues and friends that are taking a step back from the bedside due to psychological, physical and moral injuries," Shannon Knight said on the CBC's The Early Edition on Monday.
Knight shared her frustrations in a letter to the province's Ministry of Health saying health-care workers, especially respiratory therapists, have dealt with seriously ill patients throughout the pandemic.
