One of the most common words I advise patients in the clinic is "drink plenty of water" and the other is "pay attention to rest".
I think that other doctors, no matter what the department, "pay attention to rest" must be the most common word.
But you know what?
The doctor who tells his patients to "take a break" every day never gets a good rest.
Doctors know best that "overwork" is the destruction of life, but "overwork" is the norm for doctors.
Recently, Dr. Sun of the Department of Cardiology in Hangzhou has received widespread attention. Dr. Sun got off work at 12 o'clock at night, and he said in **: "I saw 40 patients today and did 5 surgeries, 4 of which were atrial fibrillation, and the last atrial flutter was very difficult to do. What kind of person I wonder will be a doctor? It may be that he doesn't have high requirements for his life, has no hobbies, and is a person who works every day, such a person may be suitable for being a doctor. ”
More than a month ago, Dr. Sun himself had undergone thyroid cancer surgery. The day before his own surgery, he also went to the stage for 3 surgeries, and on the third day of discharge, he sat in a full-day outpatient clinic.
Dr. Sun represents the vast majority of doctors in China.
In January 2018, the Chinese Medical Doctor Association released the "Practice Status of Chinese Doctors", which shows that the average weekly work of hospital physicians is 5105 hours, the average work of a physician in a secondary hospital is 51 per week13 hours.
In 2021, a study conducted an empirical survey of 1,719 doctors in public hospitals in 22 provinces, showing that 84Six percent of physicians are in a moderate-to-heavy state of overwork.
The "overwork" of doctors is not only the long working hours, but also the "irregularity" has a greater impact.
The "night shift" that never sees the end is a torment for every doctor, one night shift a week is already very happy, two or three night shifts a week is not uncommon, the night shift is connected with the day shift for 24 hours or even 48 hours in a row, the vast majority of doctors have experienced it in the past, and it is still going to be experienced now and in the future, and it is unavoidable.
This is the fate of doctors.
I didn't have time to drink a sip of water for half a day in the clinic, let alone go to the toilet, and it was common for me to have lunch after 13 o'clock on the day of surgery or not eat at all.
Which doctor is not like this?
It is shocking, but rightfully so, that the average life expectancy of doctors is lower than the average for society as a whole.
According to a study released by the Indian Medical Doctor Association, the average life expectancy of Indian doctors is only 59 years, while the average life expectancy in India is 72 years.
That's 13 years lower!
According to incomplete statistics, 4 expert-level doctors have passed away from 2024 to the present:
On January 10, 2024, Wang Xue, a well-known professor at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University and a leader in the discipline of critical care medicine, passed away due to illness at the age of 59.
On January 12, 2024, Zhu Xiang, an anesthesiologist at the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, passed away due to illness at the age of 45.
On January 16, 2024, Zhang Hong, deputy director of the ** Medical Center and director of the ** Medical Teaching and Research Department of Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, passed away due to illness at the age of 55.
On January 20, 2024, Yao Shuqiao, chief physician and doctoral supervisor of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, passed away due to illness at the age of 65.
From the first day of entering the medical industry, doctors have embarked on a road of no return of "overwork".
There is no regret and there is no time to regret it, and responsibility is like an invisible whip that keeps spurring doctors forward, forward, and again.
The responsibility of seeing a doctor, the responsibility of pursuing the best results, the responsibility of writing medical records, the responsibility of surgery, and the responsibility of dedication ......It is a responsibility to communicate, a responsibility to be a lawyer, a responsibility to finance, and a responsibility ......to sacrifice and dedicationThere are too many responsibilities of doctors.
It can be exhausting to take any one responsibility alone, not to mention that all the responsibilities are thrown on the doctor.
How many doctors have given up their health, neglected their families, and lacked their lives for the sake of responsibility?
In this society, the requirements for doctors are far higher than those of other professions, and care and care are always on the road and always on paper.
Burn Superman Po "said that he figured it out and reconciled with himself, but can he really reconcile?
I don't believe it!
Take off the white clothes, you are yourself, you can think whatever you want, as long as you wear that white clothes, you are not yourself, you are the doctor, you only have responsibility in your eyes and hearts.
In the dead of night, you can think about your life, how can you still think of yourself when you enter the hospital? Not to mention what you thought about yesterday?
Hard work and dedication are a habit. Habits are often involuntary.
If you don't talk about it, what can you do if you say more? It is nothing more than a bitterness that evokes the doctor.
A doctor is a doctor, and no matter how much hard work and dedication is the responsibility of a doctor.
That's all! Finally, to borrow Dr. Sun's words, what kind of person is suitable to be a doctor?
It may be that he doesn't have high requirements for his life, has no hobbies, and is a person who works every day, such a person may be suitable for being a doctor.
All of you cherish it!