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In anticipation that the experience might have an effect on her mental health, particularly as harrowing stories of the difficult choices medics were having to make began to appear from Italy’s experience, Dr Shotter lined up a counsellor in case she needed support.
Thankfully, as she noted, it never got to that point, although she had to make tough decisions that she had never had to face before in her career and admits to tearful days. “I've never had to put ‘do not resuscitate’ orders on 42-year-olds who were previously fit and well. He survived thankfully. Plus, looking after a nurse from one of the wards who many of the team knew. That is not every day for any of us.”