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Stanford Health Care resident physicians say wages, conditions untenable

Original post made on Aug 18, 2023

Resident physicians at Stanford Health Care have a very serious grouse: They say their working conditions are so strained that some of the doctors must work second jobs after putting in 80 hours a week at Stanford Hospital.

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Posted by Jimboreno
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Aug 18, 2023 at 12:28 pm

Jimboreno is a registered user.

Heck I doubt that even Picasso put much more than 40 hours a week into his studio work, what with the bullfights, cafés, and women, etc. I don't know the solution but perhaps Standfurd went a bit overboard on their medical juggernaut. I can't complain because I got a free perfect new hip joint there courtesy of the staff, facilities, and Medicaid. Thank you to all concerned. I was using a walker, bone on bone, one leg becoming two inches shorter. Now I'm training to run a marathon, with legs within 1 millimeter. Boomers surely hitting the services like gangbusters, so guessing they've ramped up for the following decades. I intend to drop by again on my 100th birthday or thereabouts or earlier if indicated. I hear El Camino in Mt View spins out superb results as well. We know of course that avoiding staff burnout is crucial to gaining positive treatment outcomes.


Posted by Clevenger
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Aug 18, 2023 at 12:31 pm

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Big surprise. Stanford is and always has been a ruthlessly self-aggrandizing business enterprise with the prominent and reputation-washing side hustles of a university and a hospital.


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