One of my juniors said this to me when I demanded why a few simple things could not be done on time. We were all overworked, As post graduate students we were in the hospital for upto 60-70 hours at a stretch on every 3rd weekend. (24 hours sunday + 24 hours monday + 8 hrs OR on tuesday
sleep in the ward 3 hours + postoperative round 9 pm Tuesday)
At that time I didnt give this remark much attention but now I realize how right he was. How can a hospital system in which the three working residents( who havent slept for 18-24 hours ) provide effective services to their patients. Of course these things are understood by everyone concerned still no effective action is taken.
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To continue rest of the thoughts…
Of course all our consultants know about the kind of physical and mental stress a resident has to go through, yet they choose to ignore it with the simple “We have undergone the same thing during our residency days” Point is taken but what about the patient load. Was it still the same as it was 10 years ago.
Answer is a an owerwhelming NO. You cant expect to treat patients the same was you were doing 6-10 years ago.
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