Doctors Post Pics Where They Sleep At Work To Defend Med Resident Caught Asleep

After a Mexican blog posted a picture of a medical student sleeping behind a desk at a hospital in Monterrey, Mexico, and attacked her for not doing her job. Doctors around the world leaped to the defense of this medical schooling victim by posting pictures of themselves caught sleeping at work during some of their most grueling shifts. These images are going viral under the hashtag #YoTambienMeDormi (“I've also fallen asleep” in Spanish). Mind you, not only working as a doctor is a particularly demanding job, but they also have to undergo laborious medical studies, often asking the aspiring doctor to live the student life for up to 7 years.

In the 1980s, a high-profile case involving the death of a girl named Libby Zion at a hospital staffed by exhausted doctors led to the drafting of the Libby Zion Law. This law limits NY physicians' work hours per week to “only” 80, showing just how overworked some of our doctors are. Comparing that to the usual 40 working hours per week and doing the math, it seems like the doctors, who are so often responsible for people's lives, have to work practically without any rest or sleep.

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A blogger snapped these pics of a sleeping resident in Mexico at 3 a.m.

The writer criticized the young resident, saying that "doctors are obliged to do their work"

There were "dozens of patients who need care," the blogger continued

Mexican doctor Juan Carlos responded by posting a tweet with the hashtag #YoTambienMeDormi (or “I've also fallen asleep”)

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Soon, hundreds of other doctors began defending the resident

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Doctors around the world are often severely overworked

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Some doctors work 36-hour shifts or 80-hour work weeks!

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"We are people, not machines"

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