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The study added that the long-term Corona pandemic drain systems HealthcareSo much so, that the emotional reserve of the medical staff is on the verge of depletion.
The study also pointed out that doubts about vaccines and scientific results increasingly affected the relationship between the patient and the medical staff.
Doctors complained of an imbalance between work and personal life, while levels remained Depression unchanged, which confirms that it is mainly due to the constant pressure of work.
The study indicated that burnout may push workers to work The medical section To resign, or early retirement, and may affect the quality of health care, and lead to medical errors in some cases, which was confirmed by a British analysis of 170 studies, including 239,000 doctors, and conducted by the University of Manchester.
The analysis indicated that patients treated by exhausted doctors are doubly susceptible to medical errors, or wrong prescriptions, as exhaustion makes doctors 3 times more likely to give up their job.
A fact indicates that the consequences of the Corona pandemic did not end with its receding, but rather continue to burden the medical staff, to this day.
medical stress
The assistant professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Beirut Arab University, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tasa, told Sky News Arabia that medical stress in general is not the topic of the hour, as it conducted several studies and research in this regard, but talk about this topic witnessed a significant increase in the year 2020 and also in 2021, due to the pandemic. Corona, as this pandemic has exhausted doctors compared to what we were seeing previously.
Al-Tasa considered that the doctors’ stress leads to the emergence of dissatisfaction among the medical staff, and thus many of them leave this field, which in turn leads to additional pressure on the remaining health staff, and consequently double stress for those present, and the consequent health and psychological problems for those who belong to the health sector This negatively affects medical professionalism and patient safety as well.
Al-Tasa noted in his speech to the morning program on "Sky News Arabia" He pointed out that this study focused on the emergency and intensive care departments, two departments that were greatly affected during the Corona pandemic, adding "Economic problems and work pressure are factors that increase medical stress and even the reluctance of a large number of students to go to medical specialization because they saw in 2021 that in this specialization there are risks to life and great pressure to work, and a study showed that 25 percent of doctors have resigned from their work in one year 2020 and also 30% of the nursing staff also left their work in the same period".
Al-Tassa considered that medical stress affects the relationship of doctors with the rest of the medical staff in general, and their relationship with patients and other health institutions, as the Corona pandemic imposed great pressure on the medical framework and many of them were forced to work long hours without interruption, and the situation forced others to sleep in hospitals for days as well, as Hospitals in Arab countries have secured beds for doctors and nurses to stay on top of their work in hospitals, for fear of transmitting the infection to their homes.
Al-Tassa said that the care of the medical staff, especially in terms of income, economic pressure on them, and psychological care brings the most students to this profession fraught with pressure and troubles. pressures of this profession in the future.
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The study added that the long-term Corona pandemic drain systems HealthcareSo much so, that the emotional reserve of the medical staff is on the verge of depletion.
The study also pointed out that doubts about vaccines and scientific results increasingly affected the relationship between the patient and the medical staff.
Doctors complained of an imbalance between work and personal life, while levels remained Depression unchanged, which confirms that it is mainly due to the constant pressure of work.
The study indicated that burnout may push workers to work The medical section To resign, or early retirement, and may affect the quality of health care, and lead to medical errors in some cases, which was confirmed by a British analysis of 170 studies, including 239,000 doctors, and conducted by the University of Manchester.
The analysis indicated that patients treated by exhausted doctors are doubly susceptible to medical errors, or wrong prescriptions, as exhaustion makes doctors 3 times more likely to give up their job.
A fact indicates that the consequences of the Corona pandemic did not end with its receding, but rather continue to burden the medical staff, to this day.
medical stress
The assistant professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Beirut Arab University, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tasa, told Sky News Arabia that medical stress in general is not the topic of the hour, as it conducted several studies and research in this regard, but talk about this topic witnessed a significant increase in the year 2020 and also in 2021, due to the pandemic. Corona, as this pandemic has exhausted doctors compared to what we were seeing previously.
Al-Tassa considered that the doctors’ stress leads to the emergence of dissatisfaction among the medical staff, and thus many of them leave this field, which in turn leads to additional pressure on the remaining health staff, and consequently double stress for those present, and the consequent health and psychological problems for those who belong to the health sector This negatively affects medical professionalism and patient safety as well.
In his speech to the morning program on “Sky News Arabia”, Al-Tasa noted that this study focused on the emergency department and intensive care, two departments that were greatly affected during the Corona pandemic, adding, “Economic problems and work pressure are factors that increase medical stress and even a large number of students refrain from leaving the hospital.” Going to the medical specialty because they saw in 2021 that in this specialty there are risks to life and great pressure to work, and a study showed that 25 percent of doctors had resigned from their work in 2020 and 30 percent of the nursing staff also left their work in the same period.
Al-Tasa considered that medical stress affects the relationship of doctors with the rest of the medical staff in general, and on their relationship with patients and other health institutions, as the Corona pandemic imposed great pressure on the medical framework and many of them were forced to work long hours without interruption, and the situation forced others to sleep in hospitals for days as well, as Hospitals in Arab countries have secured beds for doctors and nurses to stay on top of their work in hospitals, for fear of transmitting the infection to their homes.
Al-Tassa said that the care of the medical staff, especially in terms of income, economic pressure on them, and psychological care brings the most students to this profession fraught with pressure and troubles. pressures of this profession in the future.