Here’s a little something for the tomorrow-to-be housemen and current housemen. It’s old news, but portrays the brutal reality. Hopefully your housemanship is not as stressful as these people
Source: The Star
After completing a gruelling course, young doctors have another challenge to face – a demanding two-year housemanship where they rely on lots of coffee, cope with very little sleep and put up with public chastisements.
SHE had always wanted to be a doctor but six months into her housemanship, she snapped and just couldn’t take the stress anymore.
*Kavitha found the workload and endless hours on call a real burden, sapping her energy and spirit. Today, says her concerned father *Gurdave, she is close to having a nervous breakdown and is seeing a psychiatrist for counselling.
“The work load was too heavy and the hours too long. When she was on call, she sometimes had to work for up to 36 hours straight. She wants to be transferred to another hospital but every hospital is just as bad.
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