A Tired Doctor Asks For:

"Politicians - take ownership of this mess your decisions have created."

"Care for your people like we continually do when fatigued, at the risk to ourselves / families and the patients we are there to care for and treat."

"Help us to help Queenslanders be Australia's healthiest people - because I can tell you I am doing all that I can!!"

A recent survey of more than 100 doctors conducted by Salaried Doctors Queensland (SDQ) revealed the following statistics:

88% of doctors have experienced dangerous levels of fatigue while working
59% of doctors have made mistakes performing procedures while fatigued
80% of doctors have made mistakes in prescribing medications while fatigued
87% of doctors said they often have no choice but to continue working while fatigued

"Have prescribed wrong dose of morphine (10x what was actually needed and this was given to patient). Luckily patient was already ventilated!"
“Writing in the wrong patients chart. Admitting a patient twice because I couldn't remember the first admission. Unable to recall admitting a patient the night before.”
"I was driving home and completely missed out a section of the trip in my memory - I think I had a microsleep episode. I was incredibly exhausted at the time."