Mental health experts in the United Kingdom are recommending that Covid-19 survivors be screened for PTSD, The Telegraph reports, citing a report in the The Guardian.
Dr. Michael Bloomfield, a senior NHS psychiatrist, notes that, "For many people hospitalised with Covid-19 it’s been a potentially traumatic experience. Being in intensive care is frightening...
"The doctors and nurses treating people in hospital all had to wear protective equipment. People weren’t able to see their relatives. And patients had tubes in them and, if they were intubated, they were in an altered state of consciousness.
"So although they were having life-saving interventions, knowing how dangerous the situation was would have been extremely frightening for anybody. Therefore a huge toll of trauma from that would be expected."