MMA: Stress is part of the job


KUALA LUMPUR: Being a doctor is not easy and this is reflected in the stress and long working hours of housemanship programmes, says the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA).

“Those who are not cut out to be medical doctors will just quit as can be seen in the high rate of attrition during housemanship of at least 26%,” said its president Dr Koh Kar Chai.

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