They carry our pain, cry when no one sees, but who takes care of caregivers?

The trauma of witnessing death and the emotional toll weigh down frontline workers. [Courtesy]

Every day, we are vulnerable to a new outbreak, disease, pandemic or virus. Recent ones include the Marburg virus, Mpox, Ebola, Zika and the nightmarish experience we faced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

No one was ready. Governments and scientists across the world scrambled to understand and contain a fast-evolving threat. It was a new experience, scary, unpredictable and relentless. However, when one is unwell, the burden of care falls significantly on a select group, those in the medical space.