Most doctors are trained to do everything possible to help their patients get better. We’re used to spending sleepless nights monitoring our patients; running around to organise blood when the patient is hemorrhaging; being sleep deprived ; and skipping meals, so that we can keep our patients alive death. We don’t think about personal comfort and duty hours when our patients need us.
We don’t look at the clock, and we don't think about the fact that we haven't eaten for hours, or that there is no one senior who can guide us when we are out of our depth in the middle of the night, because our focus is on helping our patients to recover. Even when we are unsure what to do , we persevere and do our best with whatever resources are available to us, to make sure our patients do not die on our watch. We’ve been taught that good doctors always put their patients first, and will sacrifice their…
