It’s shocking how horribly we treat the people we need the most in society : doctors, nurses, teachers, social workers, police officers, etc. We need to re-examine our values as a society.

These 24 hr shifts are horrible for everyone. They're inhumane to healthcare workers. Plus I wouldn't want to be delivering with a doctor who is running on 23 hours with no sleep. Doctors are human. Tired humans make mistakes.

I'm a neonatal nurse practitioner and my hubs is a private practice OB/GYN. Our call schedules are 36 straight hours and our weekend call schedule is 48 hours. It's BRUTAL. We have been doing this for 30 years now and it's taken a toll. It's a sacrifice for sure. You are right, medicine is broken and we need to talk about why.

I quit my my job as an RN last two years ago after almost 9 years in the field. It was not an easy decision, but life is too short to dread going to work everyday. No amount of money can buy real happiness, but friends I'm not asking you to resign from your job or abandon your business but be wise!

My OB just did the same thing. She told me the same thing, a big corporation took over and told her that she had to shorten her visits to 5-10 minutes. I’m high risk and I she made sure my mental health and as well as the health of my baby and myself was in tip top shape. I’m following her to her new practice.

This video spoke to my soul. I've been a registered nurse for 14 years now. While I loved caring for patients, I hated everything about our healthcare system. It doesn't let you be the best you can be as a health care provider. You're always rushed. You don't feel supported for the most part and in some cases, it feels unsafe (for you/patient). I stepped away from my job during the pandemic. I don't know if I'll be going back to be honest. But like you, I realized that my mental health and time with my family was more important and I didn't want to look back and realize I'd missed most of my life because of my job. Wishing you all the best in your new career endeavors.

I’m so glad you talk about the short office visits. I left my OB because I felt like they didn’t have time for me. I had a healthy pregnancy, but it just felt like they had no idea who I was and didn’t seem concerned about my feelings or desires. It was very uncomfortable. I’m glad to see there are docs who care😊❤️

Thank you for being so honest - If you neglect self-care, you'll be ill-equipped to care for others. Best wishes to all your future aspirations ❤

Girl, you are the sanest person to decide those are horrible working conditions - for both you AND the laboring people. As someone who gave birth in a hospital with a doctor like this once and then decided NEVER again, I can tell you it’s also a super bad situation for a laboring person and all other patients. Congratulations, you now have the opportunity to start a new practice of your own that puts the humanity and sustainability in labor and delivery because lord knows we need it!

Dr ali, i can totally relate to what you are saying. Im a doctor myself and left a very toxic work environment. I felt like i was giving for lack of a better term "half assed healthcare" bc of the demand expected. Please know that this is the best thing you can do for yourself. Someone told me "you werent burned out. You were exploited" which made the decision to leave easier. Best wishes to you, cant wait to see your future content❤❤

Thank you for sharing your story. That's so crazy they make doctors work 24 hour shifts so often. You are awesome! I think it's so great that you knew it wasn't working for you and made a change.💓

This was so inspiring as I switched to be a nursing major so I can be a nurse midwife and women’s health nurse practitioner instead of an OBGYN. I have so much respect for OBGYNs because seeing how they worked in the clinic and then were often called to the hospital for an emergencies since they were also on-call on the days they were working in the clinic. Big ups to you Dr. Alirod!

Thank you so much for being open and honest about the struggles OBs face. I chose to have home births because I didn’t want a provider who was run ragged like that. I have nothing against OBs but I could see the stress they were under with my first birth (a hospital birth) and just knew they couldn’t physically give me the time and attention I needed during labor because they were stretched so thin. Medical staff have stopped being treated humanely and it’s not okay.

It's refreshing to hear this from an attending! I live and work in Trinidad 🇹🇹 as a GP. I worked for a while in A&E and one of my residents said to me on a shift "You have 15 mins max to spend with each patient, this is not a GP visit". I was so flabbergasted and left the job to fulfil a GP role in a private practice. I love it now as I get the opportunity to spend different time slots with different patients. I also worked in a OBGYN department at my previous hospital and enjoy the gynae side of it e.g. performing pap smears. You are so right pap smears CANNOT be rushed especially to first timers. In addition, many non-first timers I encounter have had a traumatic experience so it takes a lot of time relaxing them! I also walked away from working at the hospital due to the horrible way it was affecting my life. I have a little one as well and working a hospital's schedule did no good for me as I would just be grumpy on my days off as I was too exhausted to perform basic socialisation! Recently, I decided to start up a Printing business as well as do more house/work visits for patients. And I am going to make more time to pour into my KZfaq channel! Thanks so much for sharing this as many of us are in the same boat.

I’m SO happy for you. It’s so sad to see hear that you were expected to do ALL of that work & somehow be happy & healthy, mentally. I can’t imagine seeing patients in 5 or 10 minute slots. I’m happy that you’re choosing you first. I’m praying for you girlie. So happy for you!

Blessing in Disguise for the rest of us that you had to make the decision you made; otherwise, the rest of us would never have "met" you. I recently discovered your channel. I have learned more from you in recent weeks than I have in my 64 years on Earth!

I love this for you!! And I just want to say thank you so much for sharing this side of medicine with us. As a rising second-year medical student interested in OB, it still feels so taboo to ask physicians questions about their work-life balance or how they cope with rough work schedules.

When I worked ambulance the 10 min on scene time was coming in. For some patients, getting them out of the house takes ten minutes 😂, let alone an assessment, vitals, or any kind of interventions. I’m glad you’ve found a better workflow. Physician, heal thyself. You can’t help your patients if you’re barely hanging on yourself.

I'm happy you left that stress environment behind. Our health care is insane in this country. I have to flight to Guatemala to see my OB & General Doctor that I have known for years. So proud of you Chica ❤

I am a former private practice obgyn who recently quit! Congratulations, I’m so happy for you!

Listening to you was so sobering. I use to go to a doctor who was only allowed to spend maybe 10 minutes per visit. I have a lot of issues and I always felt like a number, gotta get in and out in the allotted time. God forbid you mentioned something that was not your original reason for coming in. Eventually I got sick of the care I was receiving so I decided to go with a concierge doctor and I love it. She spends as much time as needed to provide good healthcare, I have 24 hour access to her if needed. That being said I do pay extra for this service which is wrong in my opinion. Healthcare is a right not a privilege and we all should have access to it without having to pay extra. Like you said the system is broken and I commend you for seeing that and taking care of yourself first and foremost. You can’t provide the care your patients need and want if you’re running on empty. Look forward to seeing what the future holds for you.

I am so happy for you. It takes courage. Glad you noticed the changes and you took action for your own well-being. You must take care of yourself first, always! Much love ❤️

Hi Dr. Ali, I was a pediatrics resident and I was in a small program that did not do a great job of giving support and I dealt with a lot of loneliness and basically I started having a lot of health issues because of this and that all snowballed a lot and became basically a huge nightmare - I have been through, so long story short I couldn’t finish and didn’t sit for the boards. Fortunately Im doing a lot better now.

I completely understand and support you. I did the same thing in my career (I'm not a doctor but worked a very high stress job with often long, unpredictable hours). You have so much to offer as a woman, doctor, mom, wife. Keep talking, I love listening to you.

TLDR: she quit her job after 3 yrs because the healthcare system prevented her from doing her job. This is so so sad and the system is so broken to kick out the people who love the actual work.

Your health is your wealth!!! Glad you followed your instinct to do what you love but, it allows you to still live.

Omg the accuracy 😮 I’m a doctor too and you describe it all so well

The schedule you had is the norm in Croatia for almost all hospital specialities, including ObGyn of which I am resident myself. 24h shifts for sometimes 8 times a month. But we have the option of working in office out of hospital only which I am going to do. That work schedule is not worth the money or my inner peace. ❤

im european obgyn working im the hospital fulltime. i work 24 h shifts too, i have like 6-8 per month. if im not 24 i see 40-50 pts per day in 8 hour work day. its grueling, ppl cant really understand the lifestyle, relationships with us are challenging. but thats just how it is. and ive been doing it for 9 yrs!

How can they expect you to properly care for anyone while not having enough sleep. It just shows you take your job seriously and you took your oath seriously! You left a job that expected you to work on auto pilot! Thank you for clearly going into the medical field to care for people. I lost my mother to cancer last year and her oncologist would spend 20 minutes every visit asking questions and speaking into his laptop. He never remembered her name even though he seen her 2-3 times a month. One visit he told us a Spot on her lung hadn’t grown since 3 years prior when her lung had collapsed. My mothers lung never collapsed and she hadn’t seen a physician 3 years prior. We told him this and he rushed us out. You should be happy with your decision because you are a real doctor who cares. Thank you

Omg i loved her!! I find myself unhappy with my job. But i also want to be grateful and see the bright side of things for so long…

Good for you!!! I am sorry you had to go through this.

You made the right decision, I've been through the same and started to quit private clinics one by one.... Good luck, you're awesome...

You go girl! I hope you're doing well. ❤ God bless you

You did the right decision at the right time🎉

I was a Nanny for kids of a great Obgyn. She is an amazing doctor. I don't know how she has kept her schedule and sanity. She would work all day in the office, going back and forth for deliveries and surgeries. Her practice rotated shifts too. She would be on call 24 hours and often have appointments in the office immediately after instead of going home to rest. I asked her how she physically did that, performing surgeries being sleep deprived. She said she learned in residency. I can't understand why 24 hour shifts are the norm. I believe doctors need to be alert and rested to be mentally sharp . I applaud you for recognizing your limits and making changes.

Good for you!!! Live the life you want girl! This is awesome

I'm so sorry you were put in such an impossible position. These formats aren't what's best for either doctors or patients. I loved my OBs and the office so much. I went in for an annual last week and gave one of my nurses a huge hug. They were calming, comforting friends to a first and second time mom who just needed to know my babies and I were in safe, trusted hands. We were ❤ Bonds like that take time. Mental health is extremely important for both the doctors and nurses taking care of patients at such a vulnerable (but exciting) time in our lives and for the patients who need that expert support and care. Health care is really broken and the outlook is a bit scary. I'm very happy for you that youre taking care of yourself and that we'll still get to hear from Dr Alli. For some of us, time w you fills in the gaps of what our doctors wish they could provide.

I got really close with my OBGYN, she even came in on her off day to deliver my baby when things started getting complicated. I was so relieved when she showed up to deliver and in shock. I brought her chocolates and a newborn photo to my post-op appointment and everything. ❤

Patients don't want doctors exhausted and unstable while due to sleep deprivation. Hospitals shouldn't allow 24hr shifts. Even truck drivers have limitations.

❤You are HUMAN we understand. ❤ sending you lots of hugs Dr. Ali.

The fact that doctors have a certain amount of time with each patient makes me so upset. 🥺 i didn’t know that .. I learned something new. I’m currently take prerequisites for nursing school to get my associates as an RN.

Wow. Lots of respect for you being honest with yourself ( and your viewers ). I don’t understand how anybody could be okay with this, especially in such a sensitive speciality. It’s refreshing that you even recognize how important, vulnerable and invasive obgyn exams are for women. Most Drs don’t get it or care. Honestly I think you have to have a very cold side to be an obgyn. Anyway, glad you left that stressful, toxic situation. Best.

L&D nurse here, would never become an OBGYN for all the reasons you just described. It’s a very tough job! I’m not a physician, but I agree 100% with everything you had to say concerning the broken system! I want out as well.

I think it's great that you realized that you could not do this anymore and I think that is positive because I think we are very you know there's a lot we do when our jobs doesn't mean that were good it's good for our good for you for realizing that

I look forward to your upcoming video. I’m interested in OBGYN. Im a 3rd year medical student 😢😅

We’re all happy for you! 💕

I can’t even imagine how overly exhausted you must have been. That lifestyle is not sustainable for anyone. So happy you found the courage to change it! 💕

Thank you for sharing. You seem so happy and that is wonderful. You have to find what makes you happy.:)

More people need to talk about this,thank you for speaking up.

I love seeing a more relaxed Ali. Love you!

I’m happy to hear that you are happy! It is eye opening for us moms what our doctors go through for us ❤

Aww honey u did what is right for you ri❤ ur absolutely right! You also have to be a good mother too and u can’t if ur not urself! Ur such a heart warming person! I love it!! Don’t feel guilty

No doctor should ever be allowed to working for 24h straight. I would not wish to be operated by anyone who's been on for 20+ h. And it's not just me, read Dr. Russell Foster's book Life Time. He's a researcher on sleep and talks a lot about shift workers.

Good for you! I have watched and followed many drs on social media and I have never understood how they survive those crazy hours. I mean they don’t let pilots work that long I don’t see why they allow drs work insane hours!

I’m glad you made the healthy decision. It’s good that you’re putting yourself first this time, because it’s easy to take care of people when you love it and forget about yourself. But the problem comes when you’re putting extra heavy yokes on yourself. Take care of yourself and don’t feel guilty, cuz Jesus said “My yoke is easy, and my burden is light” and we should take His yokes and burden. So He doesn’t want you stressing out and it’s good that you left. ❤

You are a Very caring lady👈 and I sooo much thank you for how you care for girls/women in all👃I can tell you loved your job and whether you find something sooner or later I only wish you the very very best👃Health matters for everyone out there but you need to also take care of your own health. Godbless people like you! jason m.

I’m an obgyn sonographer now working in private practice. For us it’s the opposite. I used to be a general sonographer (including obgyn) at a hospital! I was hired to work the weekend graveyard shift! 7pm-7am every Friday- Sunday I missed out on time with family and my kids and it really messed up my sleep cycle. It’s been 7 years since i quit the hospital and i still don’t sleep the same as before. At one point i had three jobs bc i couldn’t get a full time in a private practice and they took away one of my nights and i couldn’t pay my bills working two 12 get shifts! So i did part time for an ob in the afternoon and mobile ultrasound weekday mornings! That was the roughest 4 months of my career! Once i got a full time i quit them all! I will never go back to hospital work again

Gracias por escucharme y hacerme caso. U da best 💜💜💜

I understand the caring about your patients, when I was pregnant with my second daughter I had been thinking about wanting a VBAC because I only had 1 csection prior so I brought it up to my doctor and told her I wanted to try for a vbac and she asked if I was sure and I said yes and she just goes okay I'll have the nurse bring you paperwork & the nurse brought me in a paper with literally a whole list front and back stating all the things that could go wrong with a vbac & asked me to sign it and then they took the paper back and I immediately got the worst anxiety after reading all that ,I remember getting back to my car and immediately started crying & feeling bad because I felt selfish for wanting a vaginal birth because of all the things that could go wrong and the bad things that could happen to the baby. It was a Horrible experience I wish I had a caring doctor that talked to me about everything.

Good for you 👏🏽👏🏽 all the best

In Canada each province has a single health care insurer. Our issues are money and lack of specialists and general practice. Waits might be longer, but you get decent care. I had a hysterectomy and my consult was quick! I waited less than three weeks. It was a teaching hospital and the appointment didn't have a time limit. The resident working my case explained everything in detail. I think my whole appointment was 90 minutes. Shocker that surgery was booked so fast, but it was gyno oncology and gad a dedicated OR at our women's hospital. Twelve days later I had surgery and training hospitals tend to give more time. Your schedule and life were misery, thus, leaving was right.

I am a mortician and in one funeral home I worked for, I worked all day and all night (with short naps in between and hardly had time to shower or eat) and only had two days off per month. An those two days I was on call and had the phones. I had to bring my kids to the funeral home to sleep In sleeping bags on the office floor many nights while I was embalming. And I was salaried so wasn’t eligible for overtime pay. I only made $32,000 annually. This employer burned everyone out and even killed one employee due to exhaustion. He fell asleep behind the wheel of a removal van on the way to pick up a body. (I have fallen asleep many times the same way but luckily did not crash). Me and my husband both worked for this employer and he is now disabled because of this. I have permanent injuries due to not having proper equipment because the boss was too cheap to purchase it for our safety.

I'm a licensed therapist working in community mental health and this strongly resonated with me. Healthcare in the US is a broken system and many of my own colleagues have voiced similar issues you are bringing up. It's not the "Difficult" patients that make me want to quit, it's the bureaucracy, endless discussion of "Billable services" and just the simple fact that even if you don't work at a hospital or crisis unit the schedule and demands are grueling. I cannot get to some things fast enough and I consider myself highly efficient. The side effects of emotional exhaustion and burn out that these schedules create often lead to mistakes that cost patient lives and immense amount of stress on the provider's end.

Great video. Thank You Doctor

Do other countries ask their medical professionals to work 24 hour shifts? This sounds unsafe. I wouldnt want the person delivering my baby to be so sleep deprived. Thank you for sharing your experience!

My GYN has the last patient of the day. Or started with a 1 inch diameter virgin vagina, and I had to have pelvic exams in the OR. I was able to start dilators, but a speculum can be a huge accomplishment. So, sometimes, I need to take a break while it's being opened to readjust. She never locks it open, just holds it long enough to get her samples. That has been greatly empowering to me.

I'll never understand how: 1. More doctors aren't trained 2. Doctors aren't mandated to get sleep similar to pilots 😳

I always hate how short my visits are :( I always feel unheard or dismissed.

i’m a nursing student that’s considering going to med school to become an OB/GYN instead of a midwife - i’m terrified!! i’m hoping i can shadow OBs & nurse midwife’s to decide officially but i love getting to build a relationship and seeing everything from visit to delivery (: this tells a lot !

I’m pregnant with my 2nd baby my first OB left the practice closest to me she was an angel 🥹 so my current OB isn’t the greatest but due to transportation issues I have to stick with him every appointment I have it’s so rushed if I have questions he answers very quickly & is already trying to walk out the door I know every OB is different but sometimes I just leave the appts with no answers because I feel to awkward to stand my ground but I’m so very glad you took your mental health seriously not many will especially in this generation good luck dr.Ali sending virtual hugs 💗🫶🏻

It doesn’t matter how smart a person is if you are being over worked and lacking adequate sleep you are unable function regardless!

I’m a PA and I opted for 3 home births with a midwife bc of these problems within “the system”. It’s set up in direct opposition to patients best interest (and their care provider!) and it is not ok. I had amazing, peaceful, healing home water births with a midwife and doula who never left my side. I paid them totally out of pocket, but it was still WAY less than a hospital/ob charge, and the value was a million times more. The system is abusing women. Pregnant women and their physicians.

Truck drivers and pilots have time limits on their work but doctors can operate on no sleep. Make that make sense.

Glad you made the change that you needed to make.

It seems like you can't be an OB hospitalist and have a private practice. As an orthopedic surgeon this was our life for 5 years in residency. One 1week I did 147 of 168 hours up doing trauma call and surgeries. The hours I did made me hate the field and as a busy doctor you cant sometimes.

So sorry u went through that Glad u left that toxic work environment cause you need ur sleep and working 24+ hrs is not healthy. Im glad you do qhat you love on your own terms.

I work as OB Hospitalist with a Hospitalist Group. Only inpatient. No call and no clinic!

You are amazing 🩷🩷🩷 glad you chose to leave. Never sacrifice mental health 💓

Came here from Kevin Jubbal's reaction video to drop a like. Thanks for sharing.

In the future, everyone will just be Influencers! It's the influencer generation! GenI

Thank you for sharing!

5 minute visits?? That’s absolutely criminal. These PE firms are going to run healthcare into the ground 😢

We need to train more staff because it is not healthy and prevents people from having a regular life. I also think it is dangerous for the patient to have an exhausted doctor.

Good for you! Call is so exhausting!

As a patient I hate 24 hour shifts. I don't want my doctor exhausted when caring for me and my babies. No human is at their best when that exhausted. That promotes subpar care and is unsafe.

These are also some of the reasons that women choose to have homebirths at the care of a midwife. My appointments with my certified nurse midwife are 1 hr long. We can go over every detail and question I have. By the end or 9 months, she knows me well and I feel safe with her guidance and judgment calls. She only takes 3 births per month so she's very much present and well rested. I would truthfully not feel safe in the hands of an OB that has had to birth 17 babies before me and is on hour 23. OBs are very necessary for emergency situations and complicated pregnancies and births. It is a shame that our Healthcare system doesn't put more value in them. It is also a shame that in the US there is no system of a midwife working with the hospital hand in hand like in some European countries. It must be so frustrating to go through all that schooling only to be managed by a company that cares more about the money than the patient. I have close doctor friends, they became doctors to help people and dedicate time to educate patient, not to be rushed. I'm so sorry you were forced to resigned due to those circumstances. It is obvious you love your career and love your patients. You should be able to give them the care you wish to give them.

Preach!!!❤ I feel the same way about our clinic.

I just don't understand how 24 hr shifts are legal. Health care definitely broken! Glad you left and your doing much better now. Always take care of yourself!!

This is horrible. And i think this spans across many careers. There is such a lack of balance and care for most people it is sad. I hope one day things will change.

The way u are explaining,z the same way I also explain to my patients

Can you do a video on heavy periods? Like fluding yourself bad. Doctors say it’s fibroids. I use to have them, no problem. They were removed. However came back. After I hit 40, periods got insanely heavy.

I'm so PROUD OF & HAPPY FOR you..... I hope you're never (or at least less often than others) targeted by the amerrKLANmedikkkal system for being a decent human: BECAUSE (it sounds like you are well aware that) THEY WILL consider a moral professional to be a PROBLEM. And because I'm TeamPARENTS>procreators, I love your Parents for raising you to be a REAL ONE!!! Sending Energies of Wellness & Protection and Ancestral Guidance as you make your way through the mayonnaisian devil's lair!!! 💜✊🏽💜

Could you do a video on cervical ectropion? I have not had much success finding information on this topic.

​ @alirodmd What are you doing now? Are you still practicing as a doc??

GOOD FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!

Loved this! ❤

❤❤❤happy for you

Med school, residency, takes too long too expensive, and no fulfillment in the end.

Hi doc, so who would you recommend in Az for an OB?