LACK OF SLEEP A CRISIS IN HEALTH CARE: SLEEP DEPRIVED MEDICOS A RISK TO THEIR PATIENTS – AND TO THEMSELVES!

In his fascinating 2018 book "Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams", Harvard professor Matthew Walker has much to say about the practice of forcing medicos to work under extremely sleep-deprived conditions.

"If you are about to receive medical treatment at a hospital, you’d be well advised to ask the doctor: “How much sleep have you had in the past twenty-four hours?” The doctor’s response will determine, to a statistically provable degree, whether the treatment you receive will result in a serious medical error, or even death.

All of us know that nurses and doctors work long, consecutive hours, and none more so than doctors during their resident training years. "The exhausting residency programs, which persists in one form or another throughout most medical schools, has left countless patients hurt or dead in its wake—and likely residents, too." CLICK HERE to see more.