Grappling with housemen woes


Medical graduates from unscheduled universities have difficulty passing the Medical Qualifying Examination - posed by models

IT would seem that houseman bashing is the unsavoury flavour of the day and trending voluminously in the print and social media.

These doctors – described by consultants of the past as the “lowest form of life, even lower than the amoeba” – must surely be going through some agonising times. Some who have cracked under the pressure have been reportedly missing from work and increasing numbers are leaving the medical service.

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