Health care workers get up early, come home late, miss out on weekend events, holidays and birthdays.
They don't get excited over a common cough or cold, because they have seen worse.
Many look at health care workers and think they have left all of their caring, heart and love at work.
Being a casual staff member at Bathurst Hospital puts you in to many tasks, you get thrown into many positions and opportunities, especially when you are a UNI student. Samantha Adams, who is a mature age student in her third year of nursing and paramedics at Charles Sturt University, is an AIN (Assistant in Nursing) at Bathurst hospital.
"Being a casual at Bathurst Hospital initially when Covid-19 happened we didn't have a lot of work. The full-time employees were rostered in reducing the amount of staff within the facility, which was understandable, so a lot of us didn't have work for about a month. Once we had a routine set in place, temperature checks came in and it was more accessible for us to have shifts, so it became a lot busier," Sam Said.
Not only does Bathurst Hospital need the staff on the wards for one to one individual and helping out on the floor. They needed shorter shift staff to do temperature checks at the entry to ensure that each employee and patient were following Covid-19 rules, reducing the risk within the facility.
Sam noted that as a health care worker, discussion of a second wave happening was bound to occur. As someone that works within the industry, they have to know, and they always have to be prepared for it.
"The second wave in Melbourne, we didn't realise it would be so quick, but in the same token it was bound to happen, so we prepared for it a little bit better than we were the first time around," Sam said.
Sam is noticing that people are scared to go back into lockdown and follow the rules and that there are a lot of people now saying COVID is not real; it is fake.
"With COVID, you never know what will happen. You don't know how things will change, what people will do in circumstances when they are financially stressed or isolated. Which I think is what happened in Melbourne. Everything opened up; everyone got complacent with how everything used to be and wanted to go back to normal living,".
Without realising, people had put many at risks, and sadly a lot of those lives have been lost because of the complacency. The healthcare system is a little bit more prepared this time around as they have the facilities and the equipment that they need to make this work.
But Healthcare workers would like to send out a reminder that once in a while, they need to be taken care of, as they are continually doing everything for everyone and its exhausting.
"One of my friends who is a healthcare worker tagged me in a post on Facebook, and I think it is relevant, as a lot of people tend to ignore our problems. Sometimes we need our feet rubbed; we need a shoulder to cry on when we can't tell you why we are grieving. We hold in a lot of emotions. We need you to do the hardest work you may ever take on, which is to love a tired healthcare worker."
Published by Bathurst City Life
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