Prolonged Duty Hours Causing Burnout Among Residents at AIIMS, JIPMER, AFMC: RTI Findings - Video

Resident doctors, belonging to premier medical institutes across the country, are suffering from heavy workload, long-stretched duty hours without rest, resulting in deteriorating mental health conditions, information obtained through Right to Information revealed.

From the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), NIMHANS, to Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), postgraduate resident doctors are burdened with such heavy workloads that they have to undergo Psychiatric counselling, revealed the RTI data. Several of these resident doctors left their courses midway, even after being admitted to premier medical institutes like AIIMS Delhi and JIPMER.

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RTI exposes gruelling duty hours, burnout crisis among resident doctors at AIIMS, JIPMER, AFMC