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'Morale is pretty low': Victorian paramedics struggle with Omicron workload

Published 12 January 2022, 1:07 am
Abstract: Paramedics are feeling 'defeated' as the Omicron surge continues to send more people to hospitals, says Morgyn McCarthy-Harding, an intensive care paramedic in Victoria.
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