Dr Ishwinder Thethy is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. She is a Consultant in Acute and General Medicine and works at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
This interview took place on 30 April 2021. Due to issues with the recording quality, Ish’s discussion of vaccines (at 10:31) was re-recorded on 21 May 2021.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Changes to work patterns
03:15 Long-term impact of COVID on physical and mental health
10:03 Long term impact on NHS
13:57 Government response to pandemic
18:40 Public response to pandemic
21:12 Vaccines
29:01 Personal experiences of friends and colleagues contracting coronavirus
31:01 Effect of the pandemic and lockdown on home-life routines