Resident doctors, considered the backbone of healthcare, are facing sleep issues, reveals a pilot study done at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run hospitals. The study, which had a sample size of 240, showed that more than 73 per cent of the doctors are having disturbed sleep patterns, including insomnia, multiple breaks during sleep and poor sleep quality, pushing them towards mental health issues.

“It was found that sleep disturbances had increased during Covid-19 times and so had the frequency of dreams and nightmares,” said Dr Sagar Karia, assistant professor, LTMG Sion Hospital, who anchored the study.