NHS doctor, 29, tells of 'double life' as top DJ and hospital medic...
as UK doctors cut hours to 'improve work life balance' READ MORE: GP work-to-rule will put ONE MILLION more patients into A&E By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 10:19 EDT, 8 August 2024 | Updated: 10:21 EDT, 8 August 2024 e-mail View comments When doctors finish a long shift at the hospital, you might expect they want to do nothing other than rush home to put their feet up. But not for Dr Kishan Bodalia. The trainee GP may well be found hot footing it to a top London club for an all-night DJ set.
The London-based medic has revealed how he's spent the last five years leading a double life as a top DJ and busy physician. It comes days after medical regulators revealed that increasing numbers of doctors are slashing their hours in order to improve their 'work-life balance'. An annual report by the General Medical Council found that one in five UK doctors reduced their hours in 2023, compared to fewer than one in 10 in 2021.
Dr Bodalia has been spinning the decks since his teens and for the past five years he has also been balancing life as a physician The watchdog warned that the resulting staffing shortages will put patients at risk unless there is urgent action to tackle the trend. Dr Bodalia said he recently finished an A&E shift at 1pm, before immediately flying out to Ibiza for a 6pm DJ set. But he still managed to make it back for his shift the next day at 8am.
He admits his 'non-stop' life s.