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Condon had planned to share the overnight duty with another intern, covering the ward from 6 p.m. to midnight while his colleague slept, then catching a few hours' sleep himself while his partner watched the ward. But at 7 p.m. the hospital admitted a heart-attack victim, and Condon's plans quickly changed. While the other intern took over the ward, Condon and the resident administered powerful drugs and oxygen to the patient. When he failed to respond, they inserted a tube in his windpipe to assist his breathing. In an effort to ease the burden...
...that evening, as Condon prepared to leave for home, he learned that despite the intensive care, his heart-attack patient had died. The intern then had to call the patient's family, notify them of the death and ask permission to perform an autopsy...
Under the settlement that ended the walkout, the hospitals agreed to form committees of interns, residents and physician members of their medical executive boards to work out separate agreements on work hours and patient care tailored to meet each institution's financial and medical needs. The hospitals also agreed to a C.I.R. demand that no intern or resident be required to work more than one out of every three nights, a practice most of these institutions now follow anyway...
...formalizing a mechanism by which issues can be brought up and discussed." Dr. Hilary G. Worthen '69, an intern at the hospital, said yesterday...
...experimental and limited financial aspects of this program should be stressed," Moore said, "because this is not an employment service, but an intern program in the public sector, designed not to automatically exclude people who need to earn money for college expenses from taking these public sector jobs, which don't pay as much as many other jobs...