"The Doctor Hasn't Slept For More Than A Day, And Now He's Giving You A Diagnosis."

Why aren't prospective students applying to medical schools?

A Threads user with the username konstantyn_niescierowicz described working conditions at many clinics and hospitals in Belarus.

“Your doctor hasn’t slept for more than a day and is now giving you a diagnosis,” he writes. “Nearly half of Belarusian medical professionals regularly work more than 24 hours straight, even though such shifts are explicitly prohibited by the Labor Code. On average, doctors work 55 hours a week. 68% are dissatisfied with their working conditions. Are you still surprised why prospective students this year have lost interest in applying to medical schools?”

Some users immediately corrected the author of the post, saying that, as doctors, they have to work up to 80 hours a week. The website Charter97.org features some comments:
— 55 hours a week? Wherever they work that much, sign me up. 80 at least.

— And a five-year residency. Now the Uzbeks will take our jobs.

— We’ll manage, even with the on-call shifts. I feel sorry for the patients, whom we diagnose and prescribe treatment for while our minds are foggy from lack of sleep and exhaustion.

— I’m so glad I went abroad after medical school in Belarus.

— 320 hours a month—the main thing is that I survived.

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