Tomorrow on Christmas I will be working. I’ve worked on December 25 th for as long as I remember. Our offices are closed but the hospitals are open. I have chosen a profession that must be available to serve at all times. If I want a day off, then I am obligated to make sure that there is a doctor in my place. Many professions share this reality. Nurses, law enforcement, military personnel, hospital workers, firefighters have all worked on holidays when most families were relaxing together. We accept this responsibility. But, at times I do suffer a tincture of envy thinking of folks who never have to wonder if they are working on Thanksgiving since they are off on every holiday. I remind myself during my Yuletide rounds that the last place that these patients – at least most of them - want to be is in the hospital. Yes, I will be spend some hours treating them, but I will return home and not face surgery, medical testing and the various indignities of hospital
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