Local hospital puts respiratory therapists on mandatory overtime.

[TexasTowelie]

No link for this post, but based upon information provided by an RT at CHI-St. Joseph's Hospital in Bryan, Texas the hospital administrators revised the schedule that was released earlier this month. Apparently, the COVID cases have risen to such a level that the schedule for the remainder of this month and December had to be altered. I don't know if the schedule has changed for Scott & White Hospital in College Station.

[bottomofthehill]

1. My sister in law is a respiratory therapist

She is a mother and wife. She has been working 5 twelve hour shifts and 1 8 hour shift per week until last week. She tested positive for Covid along with her 5 year old. To date her husband and three year old are Covid free.

They both have mild symptoms, cough and aches, loss of taste. They seem to be doing ok and are young and healthy, but, Jesus, it is scary.

She has been on the front lines of this thing since March. She is an amazing woman.

[FloridaBlues]

2. I have been in this situation as well in our hospital

When you don't have staff coming on to relieve you. This will be happening in so many county's/ hospitals. I can imagine the stress front line workers are going through.

[Susan Calvin]

3. It's so wrong that jerks who won't do right are causing this.

Or contributing to it. I mean people who won't wear masks. You want to harm yourself, I was about to say go right ahead, but it if it's a mental health issue, I hope you get help. But harming others because you're a jerk? I was about to say I'm so sick of what this country has become, but I think it always was. In part. I think it's just now crawling out of the woodwork, enabled by Trump.