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Scots medic 'hugely worried' about impact of rapidly spreading Omicron on NHS staffing
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dailyrecord.co.ukA senior Scots medic insists the impact of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant on NHS staffing levels is a "huge worry". Dr Lewis Morrison, chair of BMA Scotland, said the NHS was facing a "double whammy" of the latest coronavirus variant as well as the usual winter pressures.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a "tsunami" was beginning to hit Scotland as Omicron became the dominant strain of the virus on Friday.
Dr Morrison told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "For this to coincide with the usual pressures, which are generally due to people being sick, they're not the routine work, at this time of year it's a bit of a double whammy."People are really tired now."Asked about medical staff being required to self-isolate and
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