My friend is a cardiac doctor in pantai hospital. He is one of the most famous and the busiest there. Managed to catch up with him during cny.

He kept ranting to me that his life is all about work work and work. It is his wife and children to help him spend the money. But he said he cannot stop working as there are too many patients need him.

He sometimes feels he is just a robot. Money is meaningless to him.

I wonder, is he considered successful in life?

Its true.

Many doctors i saw, their clinic queue before they open.

1 week rest 1 day only.

They have to open, if not pity the patient.

Hardly got 1 week leave

work few year then retired

Very successful.

His job saves many.

Every single life he saved appreciate all the effort he put in.

So he is making 1 million in 2 months time.

Lain org lain cita cita, ada org nak kutip sampah, botol recycle, pastu boleh pilih nak buat apa asal ada makanan untuk hidup esok hari dah cukup. Successful in life in very subjective as different people have different aim.

As for your friend case dia nampak successful pada mata orang yang takda duit, tapi tak successful mata orang yang banyak masa. At the end of the day u decide whether u success or not, not by taking people opinion.

I know a dr family friend, works most of the time, and the rest of the family in Australia

Sometimes appear in newspaper for some random article also

Maybe for some it's worth it?

Not for me though, away from family

common story from docs, they are like well paid banglas

des wai they say amoi very untung if get doc as hubby, u get $$ + freedom at the same time

He is helping other ans ownself suffer. Yeah, I think he is succesful in a way.

success required sacrifice... in his scenario... no quality time spend (for family/friends etc) in fact no time at all
so what define success for u?

get a pretty hgnngh mistress he like to complete his life
owai

Really meh?

Thought can reject patient one.

I last time line up so long for 4 blady hours just so that the doctor can charge me blady RM 400 and talk to me for only 10 minutes while he juggle back and forth to another room and talk to another patient.

I know a cardio consultant, his life so gooding until he has so much time to run religious classes with youth and read book in between patients.

Depend on doc depend on field.
Some more relaxed than other.
But of course the more u work the more u earn. Everyone diff need and priority.
Like me I don't take chronic cases. Why because I don't wanna be tied to my practice because of pts that cannot be cured and need recurrent visits.
Some docs love pts like this because confirm constant consultation charges.
so up to the doc la. Want more money or more time.

Better that's why Big Pharma always like to hire pretty medical representatives

I need to become his son in law.

yes...
the fact hot demand specialist earn millions in one year.
the fact they dont have life.

i know a dr who make ard 100-200K per month..he is enjoying his life though. He is one of the famous dr in his field. Now semi-retired. Got plenty of properties and always go to makan2 nice things. Got lot of VIP gathering, family gathering..and sometimes belanja me makan good thing as well.
Ya the letdown is sometimes he have to be 'on-call' dr for his hospital. Ya, all dr have schedule to follow..even those with Dato's title.
And maybe sometimes he is bz coz got few big surgery..

Majority doctor see opposite sex genital also disgusted de

its a choice.

I can almost triple my current salary by moving to work in another country. But I would have to stay in a small condo, and my family will be stuck with me in a kiasu place... so i didnt move.

You move la.

Your family can enjoy more freedom in your big house.



Owai

Pity doctor actually. Too much work, too little time.
Empty life, sometimes the only happiness they find are in the face of thankful patient.
Overworked, over-stressed and overstretched.

tell him cant saves all

go enjoy his family

everyday cheong 1 degree holder also not 10% of his salary

Is this Dr. G?

thats why ppl say money isn't everything in life

Only select few can attain that level. This is true for almost every other professions out there. Though on average doctor earn more, their stress level also is >9000z

triple at based level, or due to currency?

I knew a client. He was a well known cardiac surgeon and being labelled as"God" among Indonesian

Indonesian will fly to Malaysia to see him and only him

Got his own medical center, real estate etc

I know a paed who is quite famous and he is raking in a mil+ a month , gross lah.

Personal clinic not @ branded hospital. Imagine those that operate @ gleneagle.

Raffles Hospital in Singapore a surgeon earns $10-$15k per operation, at times they do 2-3 surgeries per day, you should try and go to the staff parking and have a look at the cars the doctors use to come to work.

successful in career but not successful in life

with people nowadays keep eating fast food, i'm very sure his business is booming

the people saved only thank god ,coz god send doctor

Yes by k standard he is ultra successful

It's what every k dreams of being

Life is about balance... then you'll be happy.

Not just good in one area.

Yes. Very successful because he can cry in ferrari today and lambhorgini tomorrow.

unlike majority of /k, come come go go also cry in vios godcare or maibee only

u want money u get money

u want amoi u get amoi

u want famous u get famous

but remember, it came with a price

its not free

although u born rich, still u got problem

Tax and sst will take 300k first.....

It's like a candle. You burn yourself to lighten the others.

In the end what you get? A bunch of molten wax stuck on the floor and a dead self.

Lots of money, yes.
But sadly can't buy time.

When younger, want more money, don't care, I want OT, go work sahaja.
Older d, sometimes rather not work to spend time with family.
True for me.

This post has been edited by dr0olingb0at: Feb 26 2019, 04:16 PM

is this a problem?

does the world have no enuff doctor??

is the salary too small for doc?

maybe ai/automation/medbot can take over slowly from here.....

y dont we import bangla doc too for med stuff???

cheaper workforce,more labor,our doc can rejoice reduce evrythin

yes, he successfully made you wonder whether he's successful or not.

collecting the bank note mountain... can do early retirement and still spend like rich ppl...

no point if u cant enjoy ur money

he should groom a few doctor at his hospital to replace him

I can help manage his family as the husband if pay is right.

PM me

This paed did he appeared in a tv show recently?

Let leave that as it is la.

success is subject to personal preference

for me success is as long as no need salaried, passive income/investment enough to cover lifetime expenses for a normal lifestyle (no need luxurious) like:

drive used car below 100k
travel overseas once a year
basic landed house or decent apartment
normal food, can eat at good restaurants once or twice a month

settle

Everyday can spam /k u say successful or not

paed have long hours especially those with own clinic, even sunday also have to open half day at least

paed have long hours especially those with own clinic, even sunday also have to open half day at least