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ICU doctor says frontline workers suffer physical, emotional and spiritual toll fighting pandemic (SPH, Dr. Del Dorscheid)

Dr. Del Dorscheid (Photo credit: News 1130)

VANCOUVER (CityNews) — If British Columbians could see what a doctor on the frontlines of the pandemic goes through, people would help stop the spread of the virus.

As COVID-19 cases show no sign of letting up and hospital beds fill up, Dr. Del Dorscheid is sharing his perspective on what it’s been like as a doctor in the ICU.

“We’ve now been at this for nine months,” he says. “So that’s a physical bearing on us; it’s a spiritual and emotional bearing as well.”

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