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HEmanZ ◴[] 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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1. evulhotdog ◴[] No.45779710[source]
Current ACGME rules allow a max of 30 consecutive hours, so not as bad but still not great for someone you would hope to have fine motor skills to save a life!