We hope that justice will be done,’’ said ex-president of resident doctors’ association, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr. Harjit Singh Bhatti. The campaign, meanwhile, is aimed at “highlighting the issues of unregulated duty hours, poor working and living conditions and increasing number of depression and suicides among resident doctors in the country,” noted the group of doctors. “On an average, the duty hours of doctors are between 13-18 hours per day which is clearly a violation of the central residency scheme. This overburden is causing immense stress which might result in depression and sometimes suicide,” added Dr. Bhatti. Resident doctors added that the government and the hospitals have to understand and deal with them as human beings.

Source: The Hindu June 03, 2019 17:03 UTC