WhatsApp notifications in the middle of the night were the final straw. I switched those off – and every other alert – and it helped my wellbeing, sleep and parenting
  • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Yeah I think your inability to turn off notifications is artificial. There’s no reason that these emergency calls can’t go to a landline in a staffed hospital instead of directly to one specific doctor.

    If the organization requires this, that’s different from it actually being impossible to do otherwise.

    If your hospitals are businesses, you as their employee are subsidising them. They could spend the money on an additional, qualified doctor, but they won’t.

    • notsoshaihulud@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      So many assumptions…

      1. You assume that there aren’t life or death exceptions/emergencies (see my updated post above).
      2. You assume that I only practiced medicine in the USA
      3. You assume that US hospitals run like businesses (private insurance companies, most hospitals don’t)
      4. You assume doctors, especially subspecialists grow on trees.