The Independent on Saturday

What about our doctors?

- From: PAMELA WILLIAMS

I WISH to add to the protests and letters dealing with the poor state of health care in our country.

My grandson graduated as a medical doctor in 2016, after seven years of long, hard, expensive study. He has still not been placed at a hospital for his internship.

When I’ve asked, many have said they know people in the same situation. I hate to think of how many graduates are in this position. I think this is a disgrace when we are so short of qualified doctors and taxpayers’ money is spent on frivolous entertainm­ent and exorbitant salaries of government employees.

People need to be held accountabl­e so that the above situation can be remedied.

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