SINGAPORE - There will be no Monday blues next week for Dr Melissa Tien when she gets to have her long-awaited cuddle time with her two children, aged 12 and nine.
Dr Tien is one of many healthcare workers who answered the call for volunteers to work on the front line in NCID, where it is all hands on deck to fight the disease known as Covid-19. Her daughter, the younger of her two children, has started counting down to next Monday, when they can resume physical contact, settling for"air hugs" in the meantime.
Amid the fight against the coronavirus, it is business as usual in other departments in the hospital. For many healthcare workers, the sense of duty outweighs the apprehension of being at the front line. Dr Nelson Chua, 54, who was also at the front line during the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak, said the hospitals are more prepared to take on the virus outbreak this time.
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