Through a new site, health care workers can find mental health counseling for free
Posted on AllSides April 16th, 2020
From The Left
It started as a simple exchange between friends.
Ariel Brown, a medical scientist, knew that her Arlington neighbor, an ICU doctor, was worried about his residents’ well-being long before the coronavirus crisis. So in the midst of the pandemic, on March 21, she sent Dan Saddawi-Konefka, the anesthesia residency program director at Massachusetts General Hospital, a text asking how she could help.
He called her immediately. “I’m thinking the most about supporting their mental health,” he said. “Can you think about that?”
That evening, Brown distributed a Google form to...
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