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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Oct 1, 2008
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Treat patients in pandemic? Some GPs may quit: Poll <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>They fear being infected, but in fact, doctors will be among the first to get any vaccines </TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->NOT all doctors are willing to be in the line of fire in a flu pandemic.
A survey of general practitioners (GPs) and polyclinic doctors, who would be in the front lines of a massive infection here, found that almost three in 10 doctors felt they should not have to look after patients at the height of a pandemic. One in eight would stop work to avoid the risk of catching a virus that could prove deadly, with some willing to quit their jobs rather than treat patients. Read Salma Khalik's full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.:tiphat:http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_284824.html
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Treat patients in pandemic? Some GPs may quit: Poll <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>They fear being infected, but in fact, doctors will be among the first to get any vaccines </TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->NOT all doctors are willing to be in the line of fire in a flu pandemic.
A survey of general practitioners (GPs) and polyclinic doctors, who would be in the front lines of a massive infection here, found that almost three in 10 doctors felt they should not have to look after patients at the height of a pandemic. One in eight would stop work to avoid the risk of catching a virus that could prove deadly, with some willing to quit their jobs rather than treat patients. Read Salma Khalik's full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.:tiphat:http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_284824.html