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Old 04-30-2013, 07:40 PM   #235
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A good chunk of cardiologists, orthopedic surgeons living locally are hardly employed and living off their spouses wages (often doctors, and they rely on tax lawyers to optimize their taxes). The hire rate is 1 a year locally, a good 10 come to the city every year (in about a few month's time when they get their fellowship)
The problem is that everyone wants to be a specialist. No one wants to be a GP anymore. There is a HUGE need for GP's, over here on the island you have to consider yourself lucky if you manage to get one. I've been here 6 years already, and I still don't have one.
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