I would suggest that if slave feels this way he should not be a doctor. We all go through tough house jobs. It is a fact of life. When I was a houseman I worked 90 hours a week and was paid less per hour than someone working at McDonalds.

We all work hard. We all do long hours. The pay off comes when you become more senior. I now earn 170 sgd per hour. I don’t work nights and I spend my weekends either sailing or 30m underwater with a scuba tank strapped to my back.

If you are not progressing to the appropriate level, be that consultant, professor or senior GP you need to look at your life and career and work out what is stopping you.

The world is in desparate need of doctors in every country. You just have to open your eyes to the oportunities. But be very sure of the fact that wherever you are in the world as a houseman you will be paid peanuts and treated like a monkey!