Everyone has read the news about salary increment for junior doctors but their working hours are horrific.
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It’s common to work more than 100 hours a week (a week is not a typo) with all the 32-hour on calls and they under report their actual working hours to not get flagged in the system since they are not remunerated for the extra hours anyway. The so called at least 1 day off in 7 days is non-existent because my husband has only gotten 1 day off out of 32 days (32 days is not a typo too) of continuous working.
Sometimes I wonder if my husband will die from overworking.
Here are what netizens think:
- He can. Just three years ago, the SGH Head of Surgery passed from a heart attack before he was 50. What a tragic waste.
- I think the healthcare industry has been set on a pedestal for so long that generations put up with the overwork. With the justification that previous generations had it worse (terrible excuse) or that you don’t work continuously through the 32 hours (except when you do). There’s also a blinkered focus on patient care when actually the long term sustainability of the healthcare workers is just as important. Finally, the issue may also be because nurses, who are accredited professionals themselves, are not raised leadership positions such as CEO, leaving all the work for the doctors.
- Life gets better as your husband increases in seniority. Good luck
- I hear that life gets better as your husband climbs the food chain and perpetrates the same system on his juniors, because “he made it, so will they”
- Yeah he sure die. Ask him to quit.
- Will you look for other guy
- Nevermind u get a lot of inheritance next time. haha