CommonHealth: First-Year Doctors Soon Could Work 24-Hour Shifts

Starting July 1, medical interns that help staff Boston area teaching hospitals can work longer hours. They could work up to 24, in some cases 28, hours at a time — well above the current limit of 16 hours. The rule, implemented by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, is creating some controversy in the Massachusetts medical community.

Carey Goldberg, host of WBUR's CommonHealth blog, which tweets @commonhealth.