Introduction

As soon as the pandemic struck, the healthcare workers were put under extreme pressure, the burden they are carrying has been the heaviest. They have tried their best to protect all of us from the deadly virus, shield us from it through awareness and heal us through care, and in consequence, they bore the brunt of the negative effects of the virus. Not only were their bodies put at risk but their minds as well.

Background

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) which caused the Corona Virus Disease 2019 was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. The world is going through a period of rapid change. As the pandemic is sweeping through the world, every nation, country, state, county, town, and individual has set up different ways to cope and react to the virus.

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Waleed G Almutairi

Radiology Technologist