The public benefit organisation "Hospiss LV" together with an IT company is organising a new campaign "Respite for your own", which will offer overworked medical staff the opportunity to relax in the Latvian countryside. "Hospiss LV has so far organised a campaign to combat Covid-19, during which 109 000 warm meals will be provided to medics from 18 March 2020.
Medics are the backbone of Latvian medicine, and the Covid-19 pandemic has exhausted the last of their strength. Many are on the verge of burnout, if not already burnt out and watching as Five to eight health workers fall ill every day, as colleagues and friends, it must be unspeakably hard; not only are they physically exhausted by working in hospitals, but they are also at the point of moral exhaustion.
That's why we have created a new campaign to offer the most tired doctors, chosen by their colleagues from among the hospital staff themselves, a free 3-day holiday in beautiful Latvian locations, where the fresh air, peace and harmony of the countryside will restore the strength of doctors on the verge of burnout to continue their work.