Nearly a year after the pandemic began, the president of the FIQ, Nancy Bédard, provides a snapshot of the issues facing healthcare professionals in the coming year.

The coercive working conditions imposed on healthcare professionals, unsafe ratios, MOT, challenges linked to a more vulnerable clientele and those of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in putting them at higher risk of developing an adjustment disorder or depression.

Whether for anxiety, depression or stress, several resources are available to help deal with this difficult time. La Capitale is offering free access to a telephone psychological support service to all insured under the group insurance. To reach the service 24/7, dial 1 855-874-8558.

Must everyone be reminded that it is the healthcare professionals holding up the health network in conditions that have greatly deteriorated since it all began, almost a year ago? And it wasn’t going well before.