Those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic have been working extremely hard for the last several weeks. Staff burnout and stress are major concerns for many health-care providers as the pandemic continues to evolve.
In the City of Kawartha Lakes, those providers are now working on getting their staff members some much needed time off before a possible second wave sometime later this year. “We have limited staffing available, we need to ensure our staff have the supports in place to ramp up again because these are very long hours we are all putting in,” said Dr.
Lynn Noseworthy, medical officer of health for Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPRDHU). “We have to ensure our staff gets some vacation time this