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Medical residents work 80 hours a week. And that's an average over 4 weeks, so they could work 90 easily one week.

40 is nothing...

Medical residents tend to be highly stressed, and these practices were apparently originated by a man who used cocaine in the same manner as coffee.

With patients paying a staggering toll as a result.

Maybe we should work pilots like that... It'd certainly make flying more "fun"