Given the chance, I would head abroad immediately and not turn back. Yes, medicine is a profession of service but self-preservation is an instinct. It sounds selfish but somehow I can't see myself passing up the opportunity to work abroad.
My mom always said that doctors won't always be rich but they will never go hungry. But I'm practical. I don't have the opportunity to work overseas just yet. But I'd be lying if I'd say i didn't want to.
"...the government should work to adequately compensate doctors and nurses. In the South African country of Namibia, the alliance said a junior physician earned $1,161 monthly while a Filipino counterpart here had a salary of between $300 and $400. {Philippine Daily Inquirer Sept 21, 2005}"Money isn't everything! But it certainly gives a hell of a big argument!
