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Re: Fasting
Until quite recently, the typical shift pattern for junior hospital doctors (SHO's and non-senior registrars) involved a long one-in-three weekend. This involved a start at lunchtime on friday and finish at lunchtime monday. No time was set aside for sleep; the doctor grabbed whatever he or she could, when they could (which often involved kipping on a hospital trolley). It was no secret that the worse time to end up in A & E was a monday morning.
Nevertheless, this was the system that lasted over many years on the basis that it was character and stamina building for doctors and as such an integral part of their training. As such, going without a chicken butty and a glass of pop between the hours of sun up and sun down is minor in comparison. I would be far more concerned about the surgeon who is carried legless from the pub at one in the morning and is due in theatre eight hours later.
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