‘Without change, we’ll keep producing broken doctors before they even begin’


Lily says she decided to quit when she started becoming more afraid to get scolded than she was afraid of her patients dying. — Posed photo/123rf

TO Hisham*, medicine represented years of sacrifice and sleepless nights in pursuit of his dream of becoming a doctor.

So when he suddenly decided to quit his housemanship training, everyone in his life, especially his parents, was confused.

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