@thethinkingdr, you totally nailed it when you said...

Sometimes, doctors don’t realise that patients are anxious about their condition and are scared about what they don’t understand. What they need sometime are words of encouragement, support, active listening and genuine empathy. I guess it’s not enough to learn about conditions alone, you need to experience what patients go through as well to genuinely understand what being a patient is like and to develop honest empathy when consulting patients. You’d take patient-care more holistically once you’ve been a patient and it’s not something any textbook can make you truly comprehend

I have seen with my bare eyes how some patients particularly those that were admitted to the public hospitals were treated like dirt. Mind you, the nurses and doctors walked up and down the hospital corridors without batting an eyelid as the patients lie on the hospital beds lined up both sides of the corridors.

Malaysia needs more dedicated doctors like you with a heart to serve and not expect to be served. That will put the shine and honour back to the profession. All the best with the contest. Upvoted and followed