A doctor wasting the govt seat ..

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Re: A doctor wasting the govt seat ..

@kakaballi

^ True. Also that because top students go to medical schools in Pakistan and India, the chances of their success elsewhere are also greater. Just saying that at least medical schools in Pakistan are still in demand from top students which, if you believe in supply and demand, says that profession is not in that bad a shape.

We need to compare like for like though. Most of my friends who graduated with me from ‘sarkari’ engineering schools in Pakistan initially had to do internships, often unpaid for at least an year to be able to apply for jobs. Almost all of Civil engineering graduates got unpaid or “almost unpaid” jobs for the first couple of years. Electrical engineers were better, with ~Rs. 5,000 jobs (~8 years ago). Chartered Accountants survive on much less than doctors’ housejob allowance during 4 years of their training [during which they need to study and take exams too]. Law graduates are very lucky if they get unpaid apprenticeships with big firms.

You have been comparing doctors to MBAs or engineering graduates from private institutions which is not a fair comparison, IMO.

Anyways, about the topic, I think it is losing relevance now. Most of the female medicine graduates do work. The grudge has been that because females in Pakistan tend to score better than males in high school exams and because medicine has been thought of a ‘proper’ profession for females, more females entered medical schools than other professions and ended up as housewives. There is even an all girl medical school in Lahore which has been a target of criticism.

Yes I agree with you on having unfairly compared doctors with MBA’s or engineers from private colleges.

Its just that , I have seen so many doctors both girls and boys in my own family , who have studied darn hard, fighting merits and honestly its a proper roller coaster of a ride , even the books and exams they study and take , made my head spin ! I cant say the same for the lawyers or MBA’s .. no doubt every career is hard , but I feel a medical career needs a different kind of passion and dedication ..

But hey, I still feel , its the state that should take responsibility of retaining doctors or creating an infrastructure where doctors can be sent to work in rural areas. We all know that education is extremely limited in Pakistan. In terms of the subjects and new fields being introduced to students , the focus is almost always on doctors, engineers , HR , MBA , Commerce, accountancy and thats pretty much it !

That is the reason why all of these professions are brimming with competition. I feel it will be extremely unfair to any individual to tell them to not attain certain education if they arent going to go ahead with a career in it.