WATCH: How Covid-19 has left SA's junior doctors burnt out and unable to cope
Around 40% of health-care workers have experienced burnout during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Around 40% of health-care workers have experienced burnout during the Covid-19 pandemic
Burnout and anxiety afflicting SAâs medical workers By Mphathi Nxumalo Share Durban - WITH South Africa and the rest of the world in the midst of fighting the Covid19 pandemic, a University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) webinar on Tuesday revealed that 40% of health-care workers suffered from burnout. âBurnout has always been highly prevalent in our setting and during the Covid-19 pandemic, surveys have reported higher rates with many studies suggesting a prevalence rate of 40% among all health-care workers,â said Dr Saeeda Paruk, a senior specialist and lecturer in psychiatry at UKZ...