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Just like their patients, doctors are also not immune to mental stress, worry and attendant burnout, depression and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Dr Yubrine Moraa, an internal medicine consultant and health advocate says the pandemic was one period that tested medics. In her case, she had to seek help for trauma after "trying to be a soldier" ran its human limits and she lists "long working hours and watching colleagues succumbing" as some sources of anxiety and panic especially when she experienced symptoms similar to Covid-19.
"I would sit down and cry wondering if I was next yet everyone expected me to just show up and be there," recalls Dr Moraa. "There are those mornings when my body would not even move."
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