Rosie Baruah

Dr Rosie Baruah is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. She is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and works at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.

This interview took place on 4 May 2021.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

00:37 Changes to work patterns

01:47 Long-term impact of COVID on physical and mental health

04:40 PPE and equipment

06:12 Long term impact on NHS

09:57 Government response to pandemic

11:28 Public response to pandemic

13:15 Vaccines

16:24 Personal experiences of coronavirus

17:42 Effect of the pandemic and lockdown on home-life routines

19:28 Wellbeing and mental health support given to medical professionals

22:06 Misinformation on the pandemic

24:23 Concluding comments