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Yahoo Finance: We are seeing huge staff shortages amid latest COVID-19 surge. 

“I will tell you, here in Illinois, and really across the country, we are seeing a huge increase in the number of COVID patients who are being diagnosed, and who are being admitted. And different than what we saw a year ago, we are also seeing huge staff shortages around the country. Remember, when those surges were happening last year, or beginning of 2021, we were seeing people who were still following risk mitigation protocols, and we weren’t seeing large numbers amongst hospital staff, because most of businesses were still shut down.”

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About Shikha Jain, MD FACP

I am a practicing, board-certified hematology/oncology physician in Chicago. I speak on topics ranging from the impact of social media on healthcare, how physicians can utilize social media, how to write Op-eds in the medical world, gender equity and barriers to career advancement, and topics in GI oncology and immunotherapy. My goal is to explain complicated topics in simple terms. I also enjoy writing and you can find some of my writing on this site. I am a mother to three amazing kids and married to a gastroenterologist. I look forward to connecting with you.

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