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Oct 2021
21m 36s

How can we support healthcare workers?

Al Jazeera Podcasts
About this episode

Despite being celebrated as heroes of the pandemic, healthcare workers are burnt out, with many quitting their jobs after two years of non-stop working. The WHO says up to 180,000 of them have died from COVID-19. So, what should be done to ensure they get the help they need?

Join host Mohammed Jamjoom.

With guests: 

Howard Catton - Chief Executive Officer, International Council of Nurses.

Dr Ishwar Gilada - Secretary General, Organised Medicine Academic Guild.

Grant Blashki - Associate Professor, University of Melbourne.

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