Spent 7h straight in pandemic planning meetings today and had to rush out of the last one to start my 7h shift in the emergency department (which ended up being 9h and the waiting room was still full when I left at midnight). @shandro was your day this busy too?
At least I know how much I’ll get paid for the 16h straight I worked today (straight=not even a 15 minute break FYI). But on April 1st I won’t know what I’m getting paid.
@shandro you don’t want to have to pay more $ this year than last to physicians even if the increased cost is due to an increased demand for patients to see physicians.
So if starting April 1st all us emergency doctors have to work double the hours and see double the # of patients we usually do because of #COVID19 just to keep the system a float.. Are you still thinking you won’t be spending more $ to pay physicians this year than last?
Just want to know if come April 1 we’re putting our lives on the line purely out of the moral responsibility we have for Albertans, or will #abhealth recognize the extra work and sacrifice by paying us for it. Because at present we have no assurances about this.
@shandro Rise and shine. Who needs sleep? Well me actually but instead it’s a quick hug for my kids and back to work for another full day of meetings. Thank goodness for coffee. Just a 16h work day/4h sleep/8h work “day in the life” of an AB doc #ABdocs4patients
