Author: Amy Green

Healthcare workers: “We are living in the shadows of death”

Healthcare workers: “We are living in the shadows of death”

Posted by | Aug 18, 2021 | , |

It’s been over a year since COVID-19 first hit South Africa. Since then, many people have been living in constant fear and many have lost loved ones. Frontline healthcare workers had no choice but to face their fears if they were to keep doing the life-saving work they were trained for. Amy Green, for Spotlight and Health-e News, and colleagues explore the emotional toll that South Africa’s third wave of COVID-19 is taking on healthcare workers.

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