Physically alive but spiritually broken: why I had to resign as a junior doctor | Yumiko Kadota

I was hoping to become a reconstructive surgeon, but stress and constant sleep deprivation made me sick

I had always wanted to be a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and I was awaiting selection onto the accredited training program. I was working as an unaccredited registrar at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney at the start of 2018 with high hopes of getting accepted into this program. There is a tremendous amount of pressure on unaccredited registrars, which makes them the most vulnerable and voiceless doctors in the hospital system.

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