Say it with lamingtons: Australian medicos on London's frontline get a taste of home

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have felt frightened and anxious in the frantic weeks since the pandemic took hold. They have good reason to be scared: more than 105 hospital medicos and care home staff have died simply by coming to work to save others."The experience is a bit like being the first on the scene of a car crash. You just take a deep breath and think 'hey, what do I do?', and then you just get on with it," Cotterill says."It's something probably none of us ever expected to do.

"My friends keep asking 'how is it?' and I have to say to them 'I just can't explain, it's hard to describe'. It is tough. It's hard being away from your family but knowing Australia is doing quite well with its case numbers definitely makes being away from home much more assuring." Brandis and his team ended up making 500 of them. They packed the goodies in 12 boxes and dropped them off Royal Brompton Hospital on Wednesday as a token of thanks from Australians in the UK to all NHS staff.large number of Australians working so hard for the NHS as doctors, nurses and paramedics

Cathy West, another Australian who serves as the hospital's principal echocardiographer, says keeping morale high should not be underestimated - particularly when the disease poses such a big risk to frontline workers.

 

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