It takes a special kind of person to work in a healthcare institution. One needs immense emotional resilience and fortitude to work in places where some people experience the worst days of their lives.
Together with burnout, many medical professionals also have to deal with seeing human suffering on a daily basis. This leads to a phenomenon called "compassion fatigue." In fact, seven in 10 healthcare professionals in the UK say they struggle to empathize with patients because of it.
We might think that's unfair, but most of us truly don't know what medical workers witness from day to day. To bring more awareness to how hard it can be to work in healthcare, Bored Panda has compiled the worst experiences from health professionals, courtesy of one online thread.
