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Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain

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589 points gmays | 3 comments | 31 Oct 25 13:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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HEmanZ ◴[31 Oct 25 16:26 UTC] No.45773856[source]▶
I hope that the actual medical field starts taking note of this.

My wife still has to work 24 hour shifts with no sleep, performing emergency surgeries no matter how long it has been since she slept. During residency only a few years ago she and her co-residents were almost weekly required to do 36 hour shifts (on top of their regular 16 hours per day, 5 day per week schedule) and once even a 48 hour shift when the hospital was short staffed.

Of course I’m sure they won’t. No one cares if doctors are over worked.

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jdthedisciple[dead post] ◴[31 Oct 25 16:44 UTC] No.45774041[source]▶
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cestith ◴[31 Oct 25 17:36 UTC] No.45774570[source]▶
Who said she was forced, and why the personal attack?
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1. jdthedisciple ◴[31 Oct 25 17:47 UTC] No.45774709[source]▶
> still has to work 24 hour shifts with no sleep

Reads like being more or less forced to me, it doesn't to you?

> and why the personal attack?

Not at all my intention! It's a genuine question, which I would ask myself too were I in OP's shoes

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2. cestith ◴[31 Oct 25 17:52 UTC] No.45774761[source]▶
I doubt her spouse makes her be a doctor. Most people who go through premed and medical school are pretty dedicated and driven on their own. This is a corporate vs labor issue, and likely not a domestic issue. I’m sure he dislikes it greatly, too.
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3. HPsquared ◴[31 Oct 25 20:15 UTC] No.45776217[source]▶
It's not so much "forced", as "given an offer they can't refuse".