24-hour counselling helpline available for 'traumatized' healthcare workers
26 January 2021 7:35 AM
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Healthcare workers say they are traumatised, exhausted, and demoralised while watching frightened patients and colleagues die.
Every day there are stories of the pressure and challenges being faced by healthcare workers on the Covid-19 frontline.
Recently EWN spoke to a number of doctors and nurses who said
Daphne Whittaker from the Community Intervention Centre joined Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto on Tuesday.
Established in 2001, the Community Intervention Centre is an NPO and NGO based in Table View that provides free, 24-hour trauma support.
She says prior to the pandemic they mostly offered support to victims of crime, but since the start of lockdown they have broadened their services.