FRENCH hospital interns are at breaking point after a year on the Covid front line and a number of them have committed suicide, a union representing them has revealed.
A study conducted by the National Interns Union (ISNI) over a three-month period in 2019 found that medical student interns were working at least 58 hours a week.
But when the coronavirus pandemic arrived, the figure shot up to about 80 hours a week.
“They are on call 24 hours a day and, during the pandemic, you don’t get to shut your eyes, not even for a micronap,” said ISNI general secretary Gaetan Casanova.
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