Please, no'Omicron orgies': Healthcare workers burn out - a podcast by triple j

Hack's back for 2022, after a summer that didn't turn out quite like anyone planned. Hundreds of thousands of COVID cases have swept the nation, supply chains have been thrown into disarray, and hospitals are struggling with demand.

It's meant that lots of young, already-exhausted healthcare workers are now at breaking point.

Plus, Western Australia braces for a COVID wave, while indefinitely delaying its state border re-opening.

Live guests:
Dr Erin Smith, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Patrick, Sydney paramedic
Jenna Clarke, journalist, The Australian

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