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Is barring clinical officers from doing surgery fair?

We should all applaud the Government for making this decision because anyone taking care of patients especially those doing surgeries should have adequate training. This is a right step in ensuring that patients get the right care and it is not about looking down on anybody.

One of the reasons why we are specialists is because most of the cases we handle cannot be taken lightly. If you make a slight mistake, a life can be lost. It requires several years of training to fully understand the human anatomy and that is why you cannot allow just anybody to conduct surgeries.

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