Dr. E. Hanh Le, Senior Director of Medical Affairs at Healthline Media, is no stranger to health emergencies. Now, she shares what motivates her to search for chances to volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic and describes the roadblocks that she deals with.
Much of us likely remember Norman Rockwell’s image of a physician. He was much enjoyed; and surely, when he retired in his later years, he was missed out on by the neighborhood.
Fast-forward to the last couple of decades, and you may be surprised to discover that numerous retired doctors really left scientific medication when they were in their 40 s or 30 s, if not mid-20 s– the prime years for productive clinical practice.
Many left since they were tempted away by professions in teaching or technology, however essentially, lots of left since they were annoyed and scorched out by the state of health care today, leaving behind years of in-demand, hard-won education and training.
So what do we do now, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there is a big army of doctors who could return to active service and serve in medical medicine?
As a Household Medicine doctor, I keep in mind being on responsibility in Houston, carrying clients from flooring to flooring in the stairwell when Hurricane Allison struck, wiping out the power in an entire section of our healthcare facility.
I keep in mind the all-hands-on-deck call to the healthcare facility after 9/11, as we all looked for additional terrorist attacks and potential casualties.
So, when COVID-19 took the world by storm in early 2020, I knew that it would not be long before there would be a requirement for physicians like myself to come out of early retirement and use up arms on the cutting edge, to alleviate our coworkers who had been battling the hard battle from the beginning.
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