In Her Own Way

I read the article when it was going viral online. It was picked up by the Sydney Morning Herald -- a conversation that had to be had about the exhausting working conditions that health care professionals are put under. What happens when you ask for a break, or time to recover, or a day off -- and you are told 'you're being an emotional female?' I have been there as well. Working as a Nurse with patients loads that were unsafe, turnover that was too fast, and shifts that were too long.  The people that we are asking to look after us, are often neglected, overworked, understaffed and put into situations that are physically and mentally unsafe. This conversation also goes beyond the health care field. What happens when everything that you had worked so hard for, doesn't align anymore? How do your parents take it? How do you tell your parents? It's such an important episode and I hope that you enjoy listening to it. ---------- Dr. Yumiko Kadota graduated from the University of New South Wales Medical School