Harris, surgeon general warn of health care worker burnout
By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy are warning of burnout among the nation’s health care staff after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their warning comes amid predictions of severe worker shortages in the years ahead. Harris and Murthy visited Children’s National Hospital in Washington on Monday. Murthy unveiled a new report sounding the alarm over a projected shortage of 3 million essential low-wage health workers in the next five years, and a shortage of nearly 140,000 doctors by 2033.