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Sri Lanka’s health crisis
Burnout is main contributor to Sri Lanka’s health crisis
BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p180 (Published 26 January 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:p180
- Ediriweera Desapriya, research associate1,
- Anand Dhatt, doctoral candidate2,
- Dave Gunaratna, undergraduate student3,
- Shaluka Chamodya Manchanayake, intensive care unit medical officer4
- 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 2University of Ottawa, Canada
- 3Simon Fraser University, Canada
- 4Teaching Hospital Kuliyapitiya, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka
- edesap{at}mail.ubc.ca
Bandara and Alwis’s editorial detailed Sri Lanka’s healthcare crisis during what seems like a never ending pandemic.1 The covid-19 public health emergency initially declared in January 2020 has been extended ever since. The editorial failed to highlight, however, the most important healthcare crisis created by the pandemic: physician burnout.
Sri Lankan physician burnout was of concern before …
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