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TikTok real talk: Doc posts stories from health-care workers on the COVID-19 front lines
Opinions about COVID-19 inundate social media, but a Winnipeg doctor felt the voices of health-care workers weren t being heard enough so Gigi Osler takes her followers behind the scenes and into the hospital.
Social Sharing I feel an immense amount of gratitude towards them for their hope and their hard work and their courage
Posted: Dec 30, 2020 10:43 AM CT | Last Updated: December 30, 2020
Dr. Gigi Osler is posting videos of health-care workers sharing their stories about working on the front lines of COVID-19 at Winnipeg s St. Boniface Hospital. (@drgigiosler/TikTok)
WINNIPEG Doctors and nurses working over the holidays and in the midst of a pandemic are issuing a Christmas message to Manitobans: stay home. “Don’t let up” Dr. Gigi Osler told CTV News Tuesday. “We need to continue to wear masks, social distance, stay home over the holiday season, so we can get the cases down.” The Winnipeg surgeon is the past president of the Canadian Medical Association. She has been sharing the stories of health care workers on TikTok as part of a social media campaign launched by St. Boniface Hospital. “(A) theme I’ve heard consistently is how hard health care workers are working and how sick people in hospital are,” said Osler. “We don’t want to see any more Manitobans suffer.”