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Fitness can be elusive goal for many healthcare providers.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-JUN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A "typical" day for many healthcare providers often involves long hours, little rest, quick meals and making decisions that can literally mean life or death. It can be physically, mentally and emotionally draining, leading to a loss of productivity at work and even impacting their home life.

"Healthcare workers give and give and give. They spend their day thinking about other's health, and it often leaves little time to worry about themselves," said Sheri Ezell, director Of Forrest General Hospital's INTERxVENT program. "They often put themselves last."

House call

Carmen Polk is director of surgery at Women's Hospital in Flowood, a position she has held for nearly three years. She has been with the River Oaks Health System for 12 years now. For her, coping with the stress is just part...

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