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Medical Officers Are Slaves Too — MO In Internal Medicine Department

12 March, 2026

Besides housemen, medical officers are slaves too. MOs clerk patients, formulate the management plan, stabilise patients, and initiate investigations. The same MO continues to run the ward service. One MO may be responsible for 30 to 40 patients at a time.

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