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Was at an OBGYN visit with my wife, and the OBGYN casually mentioned that she delivered 5 babies her last shift. I asked how long her shift was, and she said it's 24 hours long. I asked how often is her 24-hour shift, and she said 4 times a month; could be once a week or more than once a week, it's really up to how scheduling works. Even so, she has to work three 10 hour shifts per week outside of that for patient care. She then said she's been doing this for 26 years, so she probably delivered over 2,000 babies and laughed.

That's fucking NUTS! I Google'd it, and saw this recent Reddit post that confirms such crazy shifts, all over the world (there are comments that say that in Europe, Germany, etc. they also do this):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Residency/comments/15jq0ws/are_24_hour_shifts_still_a_thing/

Why in the world would you ever want to become a doctor if you have to regularly, for decades, have to work 60+ hours a week?!