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To the Editor: Dr. Grumet (Feb. 11 issue)¹ reviews the problem of noise in hospitals and offers several valuable suggestions. To ameliorate the problem, I believe physicians as a group must assume their share of responsibility, particularly for the noise generated in the hospital at a time when they are rarely there: during the night. Why must scales be clanged along the halls at 5 a.m. for daily weighings? Why must daily laboratory samples be drawn at 4 a.m.? Why must Housekeeping run the vacuum at 6 a.m.? Many of the functions of the hospital are arranged for the physician's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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