Hospitals must help their own COVID long-haulers recover, experts argue

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Thousands of frontline health care workers risked their lives to save others during the pandemic. Some are suffering long-term complications of COVID-19. Yet there are no clear guidelines in most institutions to provide the necessary support to help their workers recover and return to work. Without accommodations, COVID long-haulers may be forced to leave the health care workforce -- at a time when COVID is surging again.