Professions today vary within a wide range in which some people overwork and get underpaid, while others make frivolous contribution to society but enjoy a style of living used to be prerogative only of Royalty. It seems all very well to say that in the field of profession and payment, it seldom sees fair play. If the chance were provided to restructure the payment suited to each profession according to the principle of simple buying and selling driven by the market force, the profession of doctors would top the list of competitive pay rate.
             The colossal rewards a doctor should receive is first of all justified by the huge investment devoted earlier on the road in terms of not only money but also time. Different from those 4-year ordinary courses, medical courses are normally 1 to 3 years longer, and on the whole, the tuition is much higher. Besides all the extra paid out as a student, upon graduation, one does not see the returns immediately since seniority weighs a lot in this field and it takes years or even decades for a novice to become an accomplished veteran. Only after this duration can anyone expect the enormous salary they deserve for the sacrifice.
             High investment sees high profits. This is one rule of the game, and we must not forget the other: market has always rewarded lavishly people who take great risks and responsibilities. Don't the leading men in industry earn astronomical salaries for the plunge they take to save the company from losing any battle in the market? In case of doctors, they walk a thin line between a patient's life and death, shouldering the responsibilities of saving lives and taking the ventures of losing anyone of them. Therefore, the huge salary they should earn is the recompense for the huge risks involved.
             It is only right that the doctors should be paid in this way, as there is a global oligopoly for doctors. Although medical industry is thriving in some urban areas, most of th
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