Doctors sick of being ‘gaslighted’ over virus cases
The Federal Government's Infection Control Expert Group needs to be replaced following 'insulting' comments by senior members, says Dr Suzi Nou, president of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists
Doctors are tired of the “gaslighting” that’s taking place over the number of healthcare worker COVID-19 cases, says the country’s peak anaesthetists body.
The Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA) wants an independent body to replace the Federal Government’s Infection Control Expert Group (ICEG).
ASA president Dr Suzi Nou says she is “flabbergasted” at the response from senior members of the group, who appear to blame doctors for the high rates of COVID-19 infections in healthcare workers.
The society and other medical groups were “fast losing confidence” in the ICEG, she said.
