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Are junior doctors overworked? It's a question that's asked in many countries, and in Latin America the debate has been fuelled by photos of a young resident taking a snooze.
It's late, you're exhausted from working all hours at a stressful job, and nobody's around - so you try to grab a few minutes of shut-eye. It's what happened to a young medical resident in Monterrey, Mexico - only she didn't count on a patient spotting her and taking a picture which was then posted online, prompting a huge debate.
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It's standard practice for junior doctors in Mexico and most countries in the region to work shifts of up to 36 hours in their final years of training. But the blogger also noted that once a doctor is qualified, they enjoy a good quality of life and a decent salary - well beyond the standard of most of the patients they treat.
But the doctors didn't take the criticism lying down. When Juan Carlos, a Mexican doctor, heard the story, he created the hashtag #YoTambienMeDormi ("I've also fallen asleep") and tweeted: "I've also fallen asleep after operating on one, two, three and even four patients on any regular shift." Carlos told BBC Trending that he wanted to "expose the differences between the rights of doctors and the rights of patients."
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Doctors are posting pictures of themselves sleeping under the hashtag
YoTambienMeDormi in reaction to the huge debate that followed.
What's your stance on this? Is napping on the job OK?
