Amid covid surge, hospitals suffer from worker burnout that forces some to walk off, officials say

“The mental toll of pandemic and burnout is real and it is pervasive across the country,” said Purvi Parikh, an immunologist with the national advocacy group Physicians for Patient Protection.

The pandemic going for more than 18 months, with the resurgence of more severe mutations, has resulted in a “totally exhausted workforce,” Parikh told The Washington Post….”