Description Of Item | Dr Ishwinder Thethy is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. She is a Consultant in Acute and General Medicine and works at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
This interview took place on 30 April 2021. Due to issues with the recording quality, Ish’s discussion of vaccines (at 10 minutes 31) was re-recorded on 21 May 2021.
Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Changes to work patterns 03:15 Long-term impact of COVID on physical and mental health 10:03 Long term impact on NHS 13:57 Government response to pandemic 18:40 Public response to pandemic 21:12 Vaccines 29:01 Personal experiences of friends and colleagues contracting coronavirus 31:01 Effect of the pandemic and lockdown on home-life routines |