[mass55th]

The guy was a drug addict. I hope they didn’t say he accidentally overdosed, because you don’t accidentally inject yourself with drugs, or accidentally sniff or swallow illegal drugs.

[Jim Noble]

Did he have sleep breaks between 13-hour shifts?

I’m asking because I did 36 hour duty shifts for two years on an “every third” basis (36-12-12-36-12-12) and I never killed myself.

13 hour shifts are nothing in a hospital as long as, after the shift ends, you go sleep somewhere until the next shift starts.

[rlmorel]

Pathetic. I have worked 14 days of 12 hour shifts in a row when I was in the Navy.

And many others have worked far more. NHS sucks, but that isn’t why he died.

He died of a drug an alcohol overdose.

[Svartalfiar]

. I hope they didn’t say he accidentally overdosed, because you don’t accidentally inject yourself with drugs, or accidentally sniff or swallow illegal drugs.

True, but you can accidentally inject yourself with more/stronger drugs than you intended, or accidentally take the wrong drug you didn't intend to.