HOs must stop griping and learn the job


I REFER to the letter “Trauma faced by some housemen in hospitals” (The Star, Dec 8) on the trauma faced by House Officers (HO) at the hands of seemingly sadistic Medical Officers (MO).

I would like to offer a different view of the matter lest the public gets the wrong impression of how medical supervision is practised here and worldwide.

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