As a parent who had a child in a paediatric hospital for some 9 months (due to AML - acute myeloid leukaemia), and who witnessed the suffering of many other children, foghorn, I can only say that your last post reviles me even more, to think that those children - many who have since passed on, at tender ages ranging from 12 months to 15 years - were being attended to by people who were incapable of providing clear thinking after unnecessarily long duty periods.
But then again I suppose the penalty rates they receive well outweigh the patients' considerations.
Sorry to sidetrack the main issue.