Not a single week goes by without seeing a young MI or stroke ( under 40) 🥺many of them are in high stress , sedentary jobs chasing monetary dreams, caught in a spiral of competitive consumerism. Perhaps we need to reject the hustle culture and consciously slow down.

One can understand if only one resident is forced to work while others are chilling.. But in most colleges,every resident is working 36 hours. During my time in Jipmer, we had only 4 units in medicine and every 6 weeks we have a triple duty week. I was in M1 and that meant Sunday, Monday and Friday duty. Each duty was 36 hours long. It was the fault of the faculty because there were only 8 residents in total per year..in DM it was only 2 residents per year in endo and 4 per year in cardio. Is it tough? Yes Will everyone be able to cope with it? No Is it toxic ? No If every resident asks his wife to tweet and give concession, all departments will collapse. All government medical colleges in India, run on the hardwork of residents. The only way to reduce the workload is to 3x the seats. That will come back to bite the same resident in the form of saturation when he becomes a junior consultant. In short, there's no workaround for hectic residency. If everyone does 36 hours, no matter how it sounds, it's hardwork not toxicity.