I am indeed. The situation is pretty shite at the moment. Not quite back at 1st wave levels in my hospital yet but we're getting there again. More and more wards are being turned into full covid wards now, we're having problems where patients come in with other problems asymptomatic from a respiratory point of view and ending up having covid, whilst they've been happily sitting there in an open bay with 3-4 other patients for 2-3 days.
Whole teams going down sick with covid at the same time, ITU almost full again despite the surge capacity kicking in. Having to try to divert patients sometimes. Hospital is full. A&E docs having to review patients in ambulances sometimes. Patients telling us they're waiting for hours on end for ambulances for chest pain or stroke like presentations. Horrible bed block. We're having to start thinking about redeploying some doctors (especially the more junior doctors in specialties like O&G, surgery, GP training) into the medical wards and intensive care. Some hospitals in London have already cancelled all elective stuff again.
There's also been a bit of a shift as well in public attitue I think, which has hit some workers. Its not quite aggression as such but definitely a lot more snide comments, snapping etc from patients and relatives than last time. I don't blame them at all but its draining on top of everything else.
I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread but I'm struggling to see how these aren't going to be amongst the grimmest few months of my career so far.
good luck. I hope whatever measures are brought in make things slightly more manageable for you and your colleagues.
