UK doctors turning to drugs and alcohol due to tremendous pressure
UK doctors turning to drugs and alcohol due to tremendous pressure
LONDON Feb 4: ALMOST 1,000 doctors have faced disciplinary hearings for alcohol and drug misuse over the past five years, Daily Express reported.
General Medical Council data also shows 1,356 doctors have been assessed for alcohol and drug addiction or mental health problems over the same period.
As many as 544 doctors were found to have drink problems and 598 were diagnosed with mental health issues.
Experts say this is likely to be the tip of the iceberg because most do not seek help.
Dr Clare Gerada, of the Royal College of General Practitioners, who runs a help service for sick GPs, said: “The numbers coming to our service are increasing.
“Many are exhausted and under tremendous pressure. If we don’t care for our workers, they cannot properly care for patients.
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It is all very sad. But I don't blame them for turning to booze and drugs. I would do the same myself if I could afford it. Only in my case it would be from despair as to the absence of any significant working class response to the misery of contemporary existence under dying capitalism. Oh! I know I am weak and defeatist - but we are in need of some good news about the class struggle, are we not?
Our duty as internationalists, unfortunately, goes also beyond "fun", alias working struggle.