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Amid COVID crisis, Idaho health care workers grapple with burnout and misinformation: I m treating patients for their political views

As more sick residents flood hospitals some medical staffers are leaving. Saint Alphonsus has lost 50% of its entire staff since COVID began - mostly due to burnout.

Amid COVID crisis, Idaho health care workers grapple with burnout and misinformation: I m treating patients for their political views

KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell October 8, 2021 22:41:00

and down the other because we are not prescribing what they think that we should be prescribing. reporter: the exhausting and polarized climate has also led to troubling protest signs, like this one outside the e.r., calling doctors murderers. saint alphonsus has lost 50% of its entire staff since covid began, mostly due to burnout. have you ever been so exhausted, waking up that morning and just like, i don t want to go in ? yeah, pretty much on a daily basis. reporter: luciani has decided to leave the i.c.u. this is her last shift. i have put more people in body bags over the last two years than i have in the last nine. uhm, i it s rorter: some doctors here are working 12-hour shifts for 10 days straight. according to a new national

KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell October 8, 2021 22:40:00

patients at a hospital in boise. reporter: what are the current odds of leaving this room? uhm, it s about 50%. a little bit less. if you re sick enough for covid to meet me, your chances of dying are pretty high. reporter: dr. meghan mcinerney says every party in this covid ward at saint alphonsus hospital is unvaccinated. why are we here now? what makes this time so unique? in idaho, a lot of people do not support vaccinations, and they are making the personal choice to not get vaccinated. and distributing misinformation about vaccines. reporter: idaho has the highest rate of covid-occupied i.c.u. beds in the nation. masks are not required indoors. charge nurse alicia luciani says the division over masks and vaccinations is spilling into hospitals. we do often get family members berating us up one side

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