Doctor in the House: Burnout Among Anaesthetists During COVID-19?

Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Professor Ina Ismiarti Sharifuddin, Head of Department of Anaesthesia | Dr Anand Kamalanathan, Consultant Anaesthesiologist

02-Oct-20 16:00

Doctor in the House: Burnout Among Anaesthetists During COVID-19?

Pause
Embed

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. When it comes to treating and managing COVID-19, anaesthetists are at the frontline, due to the nature of their work in managing patients in acute and critical care. What is their risk of being infected with COVID-19? And is their mental and emotional state being given due consideration? We find out from Professor Ina Ismiarti Sharifuddin, Head of Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya; and Dr Anand Kamalanathan, Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Hospital Sungai Buloh.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Meera Sivasothy

This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories: Health Policy, Diseases and Conditions, Mental Health, Healthy Living, Fitness, Science, Medical Innovation and Technology

Tags: The Bigger Picture, Health & Living, COVID-19, anaesthetist, ICU, critical care, burnout, depression, mental health, frontliners,

Today’s Shows

10:00 AM

Merdeka Special

(REPEAT) Datuk Sheila Majid, Malaysia’s jazz icon, shares her 40-year music journey and insights on the music industry.

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Shin Tseng (Urban Agenda Design/REXKL) and Nigel Wong (MATTA) on how Kuala Lumpur’s living heritage can be preserved and activated for tourism, balancing authenticity with renewal and creating micro-heritage districts ahead of Merdeka.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) With Merdeka coming up this weekend we review three local short films and then on Take 2 go through your favourite Malaysian movies.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) Is Chery Tiggo Cross the best bang-for-your-buck car you can get in the market at the moment? Daniel shares his thoughts.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Matt and Rich hike into the uncanny valleys of machine music. from the Laurel Canyon folk rockers that never existed, to featured artist scams.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) Striking and unmistakable, hornbills are vital seed dispersers that keep our forests thriving. Dr. Yeap Chin Aik shares over two decades of stories and science from studying and protecting these remarkable birds.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) We learn about trail running and what it takes to be a trail runner with Ewegene Tan, Race Director of Malaysia Ultra-Trail by UTMB

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

This episode of The Conversation unpacks the relationship between horses and human health.

6:00 PM

Merdeka Special

(REPEAT) Kuala Lumpur’s swampy beginnings and tin-town past hardly foretold its rise as Malaysia’s capital. Cultural commentator Eddin Khoo reflects on the city’s unlikely evolution, its history of Merdeka, and the identity it continues to shape.

PROGRAMMES