Just talking to a junior doctor in Singapore the other day....he
was planning to do radiology but because of the outsourcing of
X-rays to India, he is now thinking of switching to plastic
surgery. His point was that people complain about cancer surgery
for their parents that costs 1-2k but would not think twice of a
nose job that cost 10k, if they have the money, that is.
I think he does have a point. Cancer surgeons would be severely
criticised (and rightly so) if they refuse to perform an operation
on a poor patient but a cosmetic surgeon is justified to tell his
patient, "No money, no nose job".
Would the ladies go for such nose/breast jobs, botox injections,
face lifts etc?
Quite sad that the face of medicine is changing so quickly but it
is difficult to fault the young doctor when he has a big debt to
service after completing his medical studies...
