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'''Lent''' is a six-week period in the Christian calendar, starting with Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter Sunday, where followers seek forgiveness form their sins by giving up something as a form of penance. '''Lent''' commemorates the forty days Jesus spent [[NPO]] in the desert. In health care, it is not uncommon for different health care professionals from different specialties to give something in recognition of Lent.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/what-are-health-care-providers-giving-up-for-lent/ What Are Health Care Professionals Giving Up for Lent (By Specialty)?]</ref> Whereas hospitalists may give up [[Placement|placement ]] and emergency medicine personnel may give up [http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/hospital-policy-dilaudid/ Dilaudid], urologists may give up [[Ping Pong Balls|penises ]] while pediatricians give up [http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/finally-a-clinic-run-by-parents-whove-done-their-research-opens/ parents]. For a complete list of what subspecialties might give up, please read Gomerblog's [http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/what-are-health-care-providers-giving-up-for-lent/ What Are Health Care Professionals Giving Up for Lent (By Specialty)?]  '''Fun Facts'''----Did you know '''Lent''' commemorates the 40 days Jesus spent [[NPO]] in the desert? That certainly puts things into perspective, considering how our patients die of starvation only 2 hours into a fast.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/05/patient-starving/ Patient “Starving to Death” After 1 Hour NPO, Actually Starves to Death Another Hour Later]</ref>