Xian had come to me last week and ask me if he could interview me for his school project....
There was no excuse for me to reject his plead and I gladly comply... One of his question was why I choose to become a doctor....
I gave him a simple answer --- for money .... Xian was not surprise with my answer as I had told him before that I am not a person with noble thought wishing to save life.
During my childhood; doctor was indeed a money making business. Don't need to become a specialist, just graduate and serve the government services then "VOLLA"... you open up a clinic and live happily ever after....
I had tried my luck in the homeland; but I am not the working hard and living hard type... There were nights when I felt sorry looking at Ving and Yun sleeping calmly in the rented House in Tg Malim. At the end of the service, I kept asking myself, could I provide them with a better life ? and I made my choice..
Nowadays, Malaysia is flooded with doctors, some senior doctors had tried to talk young people out of bearing the dream to become a doctor....but yet if you are dedicated, 100% confirm and 100% confirm very sure, there is a place where you can pursue medical dream without paying a heavy price and risk of being jobless ---> to do medicine in Taiwan....
The tuition fee for medical school in Taiwan is one of the cheapest in the world; less than RM 200000(6 years). The career path is smooth, tons of resident post waiting for the grads[foreign grads are welcome to apply, no restriction],(90% of medical grad completed a residential training)...
Well, the pay for trainee resident is RM9000-12000 (compare to entree salary of RM2500 of an average college grad).
The salary of attending specialist varies...but mostly above RM15000 depends on where you work and how you work...
The price.-> being home sick from time to time....
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