Has anyone here read this? I need to vent!!!
I finished reading it last night- read it all in one go and then couldn’t sleep.
I found the relentlessness and the high stakes and the pressures he describes so agonising; not least because it was layered between anecdotes of such laser sharp black humour. Anyway, I couldn’t sleep after reading it- I guess I felt so guilty at not realising just how brutal working in the NHS can be and how I’ve not really ever quite comprehended it. I’m a teacher and used to feel like I understood when they talk of the long hours and the pressure and the lack of gratitude. I hardly feel I can complain now - I’ve never worked 97 hours in a week and I never had to miss my own wedding day to cover staff shortages.
Anyway, am just feeling a bit emotional still, I guess- but just wanted to say thank you to the doctors and other healthcare professionals on here’s who look out for us all and our families, often at the expense of their own health and families’ well being. They really are superheroes and deserve to be treasured always.