The Health Report: Hospital Staff Burnout

WUGA | By Lauren Baggett

Published September 3, 2021 at 11:52 AM EDT

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss the emotional and physical strain on Georgia’s hospital staff caring for a record number of new COVID patients, most of whom are unvaccinated.

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