Sleep deprivation and synthetic scrubs are just some of the challenges Izzy Lomax-Sawyers encountered in her first year as a junior doctor.
She's released a memoir called Vital Signs, filled with heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious stories of the year at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital.
Izzy Lomax-Sawyers joined Tim Dower.
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