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>>giulio+(OP)
I definitely felt Mondays on-call were much busier in the hospital. I always thought this could be due to patients spending weekends with family, not wanting to cause a fuss and maybe ignoring symptoms of cardiac chest pain until it evolves into a serious heart attack (STEMI). Also, they may be waiting to see their GP on Monday morning and then get referred to hospital (although less likely with STEMIs).

I also remember the time between Christmas and New Year being very busy - I thought for a similar reason - people understandably just don't want to be in hospital for Christmas.

>>lukko+Rz
An anecdote that supports this: I was just in the emergency department and asked them why it was so quiet on the weekend. They said many people wait until Monday to seek treatment for whatever reason.

>>seizet+tB1
Probably varies by hospital and area but things like imagining departments being closed might factor in to that. England here.

More than once a relative has been admitted on a Saturday and is just observed until Monday when the full diagnostics are available (eg MRI).