[OKIEDOC]

Three resident doctors from Harvard sued to reduce the amount of hours they worked.

Most resident doctors averaged about 102 to 107 hours per week in the hospital.

The resident doctors wanted to reduce that amount due to number of errors caused by the long work hours.

Patients were misdiagnosed and some even died on the operating table.

The AMA sought out Hellary and Chuckie saying that hospitals would have a hard time operating if the cheap labor, work hours were reduced.

However, in spite of Hellaries efforts, the current work schedule has been reduced to 80 hours per week for most residents.

[AnAmericanMother]

That's a good thing.

70 hours is at least workable. It's not ideal, but when you're young and energetic and can get by on less sleep, it can be done (I typically worked 70 hour weeks as a young lawyer).

But 100 hours is way over the limit at which you start making REALLY stupid mistakes. And with lawyers, it's only money (although that's embarassing enough). With doctors, it's people's lives.