EDITORIAL | Save our doctors, allocate budgets, save our future

A country cannot prosper if its workforce is unhealthy

17 February 2025 - 04:30

Political rhetoric has become overwhelming, flooding public discourse with geopolitical crises and unresolved issues. However, amid the debacles, we should remember to look inward. Among the most pressing concerns for this publication is the failure to integrate trained doctors into formal employment, with the awareness that a future without enough doctors — or worse none — is unimaginable...

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