Recently a pilot of reputed airline refused to fly quoting that his duty was over. The social reaction to this is: 1) He did right, its the company responsibility to give another pilot. 2) Duty hours of pilots are fixed for passenger sadety? You will agree that the same applies to interns, PG students and residents working in an hospital . In a government hospital, its the duty of government to recruit more doctors. The duty hours are fixed for patient safety. Overworked doctor is a health hazard for patients Share if you think doctor overworking after duty hours for routine non emergency work is a risk to patient’s life and government should recruit more doctors.