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The darker side of being a doctor

282 points · 342 comments · Danhale93

  1. estearum · · focus · HN ↗
    (speaking from US): The reality is we need more doctors. A lot more.

    There's no solution other than training a lot, lot, lot, lot more doctors.

    Their salaries need to be lower, training needs to be cheaper and faster, and we need a lot more of them.

    1. lolakutty · · focus · HN ↗
      > The reality is we need more doctors. A lot more.

      No, the reality is we should be more healthy, so we need less doctors.

      1. victorbjorklund · · focus · HN ↗
        We don't need firemen. Just don't start fires.
        1. lolakutty · · focus · HN ↗
          That is a good analogy. Let us consider that there is a growing number of fire events in the recent years. Instead of finding out what is causing it, and fixing it we are asking for more firemen....
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