Yesterday the Institute of Medicine recommended that medical residents not be allowed to work more than 16 hours. Yeah, that's right, in a row. Because these people, who are making critical decisions about your and my health and well-being during those hours let me remind you, get TIRED after working all day.
Hello? I mean, yeah, I'm all for it. But who ever thought that doctors, or soon-to-be M.D.s are superhuman. Of course they're tired!
The idea is residents will get more time off for sleep ... "in order to reduce potentially deadly medical errors."
Gee, thanks, Institute of Medicine! My, uh, undying gratitude to ya.
bt: 11:47 wt: 7:56 oob: 8:02 t: 8 h 8 m score: not bad!
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