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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: A 36-Hour Day in the Life of an Overworked Doctor
Description: The standing Central government directive to hospitals states that “continuous active duty for resident doctors will not normally exceed 12 hours per day." But one shift regularly goes on for up to three times the prescribed limit of 12 hours, which is 36 hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices