There is a fixed working hour in every profession People work overtime when work load is more or they have any target to achieve, but this is not true for one of the most reputed profession of our country "THE DOCTORS". Their working hours are not fixed they work like animals, remain available 24×7 for everyone,get scolded by their senior doctors, bitten up and threatened by patient's attendants .Not proper working environment and no safety at all.
Anonymous working hour of Resident doctors.
Anonymous working hour of Resident doctors are very inhuman deed.Resident doctors works for 24 hrs,36 hrs continuous duty without any proper Break they don't get time to do their personal stuffs Even they are sleep deprived with maximal sleep of 3-4 hrs.
They don't get any proper leave not even on Sunday and public holidays Clinical branches like medicine, surgery, obg, paediatrics , orthopaedics are the most hectic branches. You have to work even on Sundays, 24 hours shifts and night shifts are there.
First year residents have emergency duty of 12 hours straight.OPD duty of 3+2 hours daily. Sometimes the ending shift of Emergency and next OPD are on consecutive days hence they get few hours of sleep inadequate for the person.
The working hours are otherwise fine officially but the senior PGs would call the First year residents at any hour of the day irrespective of their duties to check on their patients. Rules and regulations capping residents’ working hours are a joke in India, and usually they are only followed on paper. Residents are completely helpless, and have no way to protest other than quitting the residency. So, most residents get through their first year by hook or by crook, waiting for the day when a new batch of first year residents will arrive to take their place!
As per the directives of the Honourable Supreme Court in its judgment dated,25.9.87, in writ petition No. 348-352 of 1985, all the State Governments, Medical Institutions and Universities are required to amend their rules and regulations to introduce a uniform residency scheme by 1993
“A uniform practice has to be evolved so that the discipline would be introduced. We accordingly allow the present arrangement to continue for a period of five years . upto 1992 inclusive. For admission beginning from 1993 there would be only onepattern. All Universities and institutions shall take timely steps to bring about such amendments as may be necessary to bring statutes, regulations, and rules obtaining in their respective institutions in accord with this direction before the end of 1991 so that there may be no scope for raising of any dispute in regard to the matter.The uniform pattern has to be implemented for 1993. It is proper that one uniform system is brought into vogue throughout the country.”
These irregular posting of doctors is risking health and life of patients. So it should be ammended n duty hrs of doctors is to be made fixed.if it is not any emergency condition Pg sheat should be increased to lessen the burden on junior doctors.
Conclusion
An average medical post graduate aspirant spend their 15-16 hours of a day at least for an year on study to get a single pg seat. Is this all they deserve, a disrespect. Of those sleepless nights ,cutoff from social life, not available for their own family, in return they are getting murdered and bitten up. Every profession is equal doctors should also be given proper holidays working hours and safety . Before anything else they are also human and most important they are serving the nation and saving our lives so please save them .They are doing their duty so let's do ours .
- Pooja Sharma