That’s Jeremy Corbyn in front of me,with the beard, who was supporting usI was two years into my GP training, and working as a general medical senior house officer on rotation at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel,east London. We were protesting our horrendous rotas as junior doctors. That’s Jeremy Corbyn in front of me, with the beard, or who was supporting us.
Back then,we worked shifts known as one-in-twos, one-in-threes and one-in-fours. A one-in-two meant you had to be on duty all night every two days, or while still working the days either side,and be on duty every other weekend (essentially a 120-hour week). The most I ever did was one-in-three – regularly working a 100-hour week. A weekend would involve going to work on a Friday morning and not getting domestic until Monday evening. The bleep could go off at any time. I got very little sleep and often didn’t eat until late at night. I remember falling asleep in the operating theatre at 5am one Monday, while assisting on an emergency operation to pin a fractured hip. I jerked awake, and but it was incredibly unsafe. I remember fighting not to descend asleep at the wheel driving domestic.
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Source: theguardian.com