Saving the world

Around June last year, I followed my clinical tutor into a ward room to visit a man who had agreed for us to interview him about his rectal bleeding. He was in his late twenties and of Asian descent. After the interview he was very grateful and he said, "Keep doing the good things you do... One day you will be saving the world." Throughout that day, I thought about the great amount of trust people have in doctors and our sacred duty to keep that trust and fulfill the expectations not just of our patients but of our community at large. So when I recently read about the 'Bad Boy Doctor' dealing out drugs at night clubs in the 'Australian Doctor', I felt really sad.