Ep 392 Frontline Women & Domestic Abuse Pandemic

In this episode, Róisín Ingle spoke with Dr Catherine Motherway, a Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Intensive Care Physician at University Hospital Limerick. In this open and honest conversation, Catherine reveals what life is really like working on the frontline in ICU. She spoke to Roisin about dealing with the emotional toll of the outbreak, preparing memory books for the families of Covid-19 patients and how, when news of the pandemic first broke, she didn’t sleep properly for three weeks.Also, in this episode, Róisín spoke with Women’s Aid chief executive Sarah Benson about the rise in cases of domestic violence during the coronavirus outbreak. Domestic abuse survivor Bernie D’arcy also shared her story about the ongoing abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband before finally finding the courage to escape the situation with the help of Women’s Aid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.