AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Across the United States, 300 to 400 physicians a year die by suicide. That's according to Dr. Brian Weis, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine regional dean, and he said that over the past 15 years, he personally knows five physicians in the community who died by suicide.

"This is a major challenge. We look at nursing. I look at first responders, major problem on first responders. It is across the whole health care spectrum that we see this issue," said Weis.

Weis talked about why this suicide is so high among healthcare workers.

"There are multiple factors here, the two main that come to mind. First of all is, it's just the nature of the business we are in. You look at particularly at first responders, they are the ones that res

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