Two organizations are demanding an investigation into what they say are unethical clinical trials that have required medical residents around the country, including those at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, to work up to 28 hours or more at a time.
The groups claim the trials have exposed the residents to sleep deprivation, depression and the risk of motor vehicle accidents, needle stick injuries and exposure to blood-borne pathogens while subjecting their patients to increased risk of medical errors, including potentially fatal ones.
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