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After COVID-19 Losses, NYC to Offer Trauma Counseling for Front-Line Workers

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - After the suicides of two New York City health care workers
   in the past week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that U.S.
   military trauma specialists will be helping the city's front-line
   workers heal from their ordeals battling the coronavirus pandemic.

   "Think about what our doctors, our nurses, our health care workers have
   gone through, our EMTs, our paramedics," de Blasio told reporters.
   "Think about the people they have had to watch pass away before their
   eyes."

   He said the workers have been pushed to the limit and should not have
   to carry that burden alone.

   New York's first lady, Chirlane McCray, has been an advocate for mental
   health and started the Thrive NYC mental health program. She is also
   working on the new initiative with the Department of Defense.

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