Trauma on the Pandemic’s Front Line Leaves Health Workers Reeling

April 23, 2020

(NPR) – Hospital workers around the world face similar, sustained trauma, and it’s taking an emotional toll. A recent study underscored the severity of those risks: Half of Chinese health care workers studied who treated COVID-19 patients earlier this year now suffer from depression. Nearly as many — 44.6% — have anxiety, and a third have insomnia.