Interns still work long hours
From Times wire reports
Rules designed to prevent doctors in training from having to work hours on end with little sleep have failed to reform the practice.
Eighty percent of interns say they violate mandatory standards limiting them to working no more than 30 hours in a row and no more than 80 hours in a week, averaged over four weeks, according to a survey of more than 4,000 U.S. interns.
The study was published in the Sept. 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Assn. and done at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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