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Yes but you really don't want to be treated at the end of that 12-hour shift, quality of service drops down significantly, they are significantly more tired at that point. Doctors are just humans like rest of us, and those shifts are often brutal.


That’s what I am trying to say, sleep deprivation causes people to make mistakes.




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