Article 6V42E NSW doctors embrace ‘marshmellow’ moniker to highlight ‘catastrophic situation’ in public hospitals

NSW doctors embrace ‘marshmellow’ moniker to highlight ‘catastrophic situation’ in public hospitals

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Natasha May Health reporter
from World news | The Guardian on (#6V42E)

Union says viral email stuff-up downplaying junior doctors' concerns has become a focal point for what it labels toxic' and hazardous' workplace conditions

If you were to walk into a New South Wales hospital over the past week, you might have seen doctors bringing marshmallows to work, or perhaps cartoon images of the anthropomorphised gelatinous sweet with a stethoscope and white lab coat upon their break-room walls.

Thousands of doctors across the state have embraced calling themselves clinical marshmellows [sic]" after a medical administration manager at the Hunter New England local health district called junior doctors the moniker in an email stuff-up.

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