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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Politics
Eric Berger

As Omicron peaks, the US healthcare system is left ‘broken beyond repair’

A nurse wearing a face shield sanitizes her hands inside the intensive care unit.
In the last week of January, 80% of US hospitals were under ‘high or extreme stress’, NPR data shows. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Dr Brian Resler, an emergency physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, recently polled a group of doctors on an overnight shift about their jobs.

“Everyone of us said if we could go back, we would choose a different career,” said Resler, who spoke on the condition that the Guardian does not identify his hospital.

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