Patients threaten our staff when asked to put on a mask or spit at us when asked to show proof of vaccination. We need governments and health authorities to support clinic owners to improve safety measures.
Logan Giesbrecht left his dream job as an emergency room nurse when the mental health strain of an understaffed department became unbearable, even before the pandemic's fourth wave hit and anti-vaccination protesters began gathering outside hospitals.
It was a 'jokey' evening in a Quebec ER but a doctor went too when he held a phallic-shaped laryngeal mask at hip level and pretended to hit a nurse in the face with it.
Dr. Hussein Kanji says the drop in morale was palpable inside Vancouver General Hospital as demonstrators protested COVID-19 public health measures outside its doors Sept. 13.
