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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: Horror Stories of Overworked Doctors: Harming Themselves and Patients
Description: India’s junior doctors are inhumanly overworked. It’s severely harming their own health, and the quality of healthcare provided to their patients. Despite being in a profession where their mistakes can cost lives, there is hardly any attention being paid to this deadly medical crisis.
In a special podcast on The Quint, overworked and sleep-deprived junior doctors speak up on condition of anonymity, against the exploitative conditions in which they work, and how dangerous it is for the patients under their care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices