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‘Why we should forgive debt for poorer countries – and medical students’
The Island
|April 18, 2025
The above caption is the title of an article written by Dr. Kaman Attaran, Editor-in-Chief of the BMJ, as he laments the extremely high cost of medical training, with young UK medical students burdened by an unbearable debt of around £100,000 by the time they qualifyoften before they’ve earned a single penny.
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Dr. B. J. C. Perera responds to the article on 12 April 2023 by e-mail, and his response was published promptly: (doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r744/rapid-responses).
Re: Why we should forgive debt for poorer countriesand medical students: Another perspective from Sri Lanka
Dear Editor,
The BMJ article “Why we should forgive debt for poorer countries—and medical students” certainly gives food for thought.
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