Practising medicine isn’t like riding a bicycle after many years

I REFER to the article by Sarban Singh (The Star, May 30) regarding the yearly intake of housemen.

I find the claim made by Deputy Health director-general Datuk Dr S. Jeyaindran rather far-fetched, to say the least.

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