Cut doctors some slack: PM

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Vong Sokheng

Speaking at the inauguration of a hospital in Preah Sihanouk province yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen took the opportunity to defend Cambodia’s oft-maligned doctors, saying that while some may fall short, people shouldn’t “let the smell of one bad fish ruin all of the fish in the bag”.

The public, the premier said, should not “look at the small amount of bad doctors and say all of them are bad, which is like looking down on about 20,000 doctors and health officials across the country”.

“Some of our doctors are inappropriate, lack ethics, use bad words and tend to focus on money before treatment, and we acknowledge that there have been shortcomings. But it doesn’t mean that 99 out of 100 doctors are bad,” he added.

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