IMO: Long shifts put pregnant doctors at risk

Hospital doctors, who are forced to work long shifts late in their pregnancies, are putting their unborn babies at risk.

IMO: Long shifts put pregnant doctors at risk

Hospital doctors, who are forced to work long shifts late in their pregnancies, are putting their unborn babies at risk.

The Irish Medical Organisation says international research proves that pregnant doctors working long hours or late at night, suffer increased incidences of miscarriage and still birth.

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