Health workers afraid of passing Covid to family

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While nurses bear the brunt of the most psychologically affected of health workers, most are concerned about access to protective supplies.

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More than 180 health care workers have died due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and about two-thirds of these front liners say they need more personal protective equipment.

About 7 600 healthcare professionals participated in the survey. They were asked about, amongst many issues, access to PPE in the workplace, the training they received, their general wellbeing as well as awareness and attitudes to the novel coronavirus. “As part of continuous monitoring, we have requested provinces to verify further and break down this data so that we know exactly how many health workers have demised or recovered.”raised concerns over the rising numbers of health workers who were infected with the virus on the continent.

Labour unions have also raised concerns about the availability of PPE and other measures that have been put in place to protect health care workers. This includes safe transport to travel to work, regular screening for Covid-19, rotation of staff and providing counselling sessions due to the emotional and mental toll of working on the frontlines.

“The level of concern for personal and family well-being and for passing COVID-19 infection to family members was significantly higher than for other possible issues of concern,” reads the report. Meanwhile, head of the Health Professionals Council of South Africa Kgosi Letlape says he is concerned about the “cavalier attitude of medical practitioners”.

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