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Off-hour hospital visits exhausting doctors

Overworked doctors are being pushed to the breaking point and quitting their jobs because of the increasing number of people visiting hospitals outside regular consultation hours for minor ailments. This worrying situation has sparked calls for patients to refrain from making such “convenient consultations.“

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