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