u/fistu_baby113

With mecee approaching, I should be studying but..

I feel so nervous about actually reaching residency and needing to "work" as a resident- so far as i have seen, feels like a living hell. Like the hospital owns your life for those years.

And when i think about alternatives, aus seems like an exit plan but getting through amc 1 and 2 seems daunting. And i came to know about the non clinical jobs. Do you think it would be worth it?

With all my love for surgery, its still not feeling worth to live in this toxic enviornment. Any advice/guidance?

​

Today wasn't just a bad day.

It was one thing after another that made me realize how helpless I've been feeling.

We work 32–34 hour shifts twice a week (9 AM one day until around 2 PM the next day), which already adds up to more than 60 hours a week. That's before being called in extra for additional surgeries. There is no overtime pay, no incentive, nothing.

I've personally worked from 9 AM until 9 PM the next day without complaining. Yet if you ask to leave even a little earlier after being awake for over a day, you're called "unambitious" or told you "don't want to learn."

The Medical Officers working on rotation, we've submitted letters twice to both HR and the HOD regarding the workload and unpaid extra hours. Nothing has changed. Even when we ask in person, we barely get a response.

Recently, nurses received a salary increase, and I genuinely think that's a good thing. They absolutely deserve fair pay for the work they do.

But what about Medical Officers?

We're required to complete one year of work experience, leaving many of us with little power. We work brutal hours, carry huge responsibility, and are expected to keep going no matter how exhausted we are.

Our basic salary is NPR 35,000. We receive only NPR 450 for each night duty, and with around 7–8 night duties a month, our total monthly salary comes to only around NPR 38,000. This is while routinely working 32–34 hour shifts and often staying even longer for OT, with no overtime pay or additional incentives. It's nowhere close to the government pay scale.

Today, while trying to arrange an MRI for my mom, it suddenly hit me that after all these hours and all this work, I still have to think twice before I can afford something that is a need. Even the staff discount is the same 10% that everyone else gets.

I got home and just broke down.

It feels like we're expected to silently accept unpaid labor because we need that mandatory one year of experience. We're expected to absorb the frustration of patients and relatives, while also facing pressure and sometimes dismissive responses when we express exhaustion. It becomes difficult to continue working under these conditions while running on little sleep and knowing we have very little power.

I know medicine is hard. I don't expect luxury. I don't mind working hard.

I just want my time, my health, and my work to be valued.

Are other Medical Officers in Nepal experiencing the same thing? Is this just accepted as normal, or does anyone actually see it changing?

Today wasn't just a bad day.

It was one thing after another that made me realize how helpless I've been feeling.

We work 32–34 hour shifts twice a week (9 AM one day until around 2 PM the next day), which already adds up to more than 60 hours a week. That's before being called in extra for additional surgeries. There is no overtime pay, no incentive, nothing.

I've personally worked from 9 AM until 9 PM the next day without complaining. Yet if you ask to leave even a little earlier after being awake for over a day, you're called "unambitious" or told you "don't want to learn."

The Medical Officers working on rotation, we've submitted letters twice to both HR and the HOD regarding the workload and unpaid extra hours. Nothing has changed. Even when we ask in person, we barely get a response.

Recently, nurses received a salary increase, and I genuinely think that's a good thing. They absolutely deserve fair pay for the work they do.

But what about Medical Officers?

We're required to complete one year of work experience, leaving many of us with little power. We work brutal hours, carry huge responsibility, and are expected to keep going no matter how exhausted we are.

Our basic salary is NPR 35,000. We receive only NPR 450 for each night duty, and with around 7–8 night duties a month, our total monthly salary comes to only around NPR 38,000. This is while routinely working 32–34 hour shifts and often staying even longer for OT, with no overtime pay or additional incentives. It's nowhere close to the government pay scale.

Today, while trying to arrange an MRI for my mom, it suddenly hit me that after all these hours and all this work, I still have to think twice before I can afford something that is a need. Even the staff discount is the same 10% that everyone else gets.

I got home and just broke down.

It feels like we're expected to silently accept unpaid labor because we need that mandatory one year of experience. We're expected to absorb the frustration of patients and relatives, while also facing pressure and sometimes dismissive responses when we express exhaustion. It becomes difficult to continue working under these conditions while running on little sleep and knowing we have very little bargaining power.

I know medicine is hard. I don't expect luxury. I don't mind working hard.

I just want my time, my health, and my work to be valued.

Are other Medical Officers in Nepal experiencing the same thing? Is this just accepted as normal, or does anyone actually see it changing?