Dr Stephen Parnis is back from burnout: ‘I lost confidence to make decisions’
The high-profile emergency specialist says he is a wiser doctor after realising he needed to be gentler on himself
When Dr Stephen Parnis — burnt out, anxious, exhausted — stepped back from the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic he says he felt guilty.
It was that common issue every doctor faces — that sense you are abandoning your colleagues in a time of turmoil.