Frontline workers are being hailed as heroes, and while their bravery should be commended, we need to acknowledge them for what they are before their profession: people.

Dr Cheng is the Inpatient Director at Meridian Health Services and is a Volunteer Clinical Assisstant Professor in Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine.

If you are interested in hearing more from Dr Cheng, you can read his recent article about racism in the Unites States here.