Sleep deprivation is no trivial matter with economists estimating insomnia and other sleep disorders are costing the community over $10 billion a year.

Sufferers of sleep deprivation also talk to Four Corners about the risks they take with their own lives, and the lives of others, as a result of their extreme fatigue. Ironically the medical profession is one of the worst offenders. Four Corners explores the tragic case of a doctor who died of complications apparently triggered by fatigue.

... From the Eyes Wide Open page on the ABC 4 Corners Website

Four Corners reports on the costs to society when we no longer value sleep.

On Four Corners, "Eyes Wide Open", 8.30 pm Monday 13 August.

This program will repeated about 11.35 pm Tuesday 14 August; also on ABC2 at 10.00 pm Wednesday and 8 am Thursday.

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