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Hospital overcrowding and delays to care have never been worse, and the morale among emergency doctors and nurses has taken an enormous hit ‘For many emergency department physicians, the increasing demands of the last few years and limited chances to rest have taken their toll.’ ‘For many emergency department physicians, the increasing demands of the last few years and limited chances to rest have taken their toll.’ “Physician, heal thyself.” This proverb has been in use for at least 2,000 years, but it is relevant today, and it applies to me. I am dealing with burnout, and it has taken many months for me to realise it. The combination of a few years of a heavy workload, of ever-increasing demands, and limited opportunities to rest and recharge have taken their toll. The advent of a global pandemic has clearly contributed to all these factors. The scramble to ready our hospitals for a disease of high infectiousness and severity. The privilege and pain of caring for many who I watched die in 2020. The angst of dealing with vaccine refusers, and wave after wave of Covid cases, and new, often overwhelming demands on myself and my colleagues. They have laid siege to my energy and my empathy. The demands upon many of us in emergency medicine and nursing have to be seen to be believed. Their origins lie in a health system which treats emergency departments as a panacea for all its shortcomings: a disastrous aged care system, a general practice system which discourages the care of complex patients, a mental health system that is woefully under-resourced, and a federal/state health f