What does it mean to be a doctor in the Dominican Republic? Are they highly respected? Is it a profitable career? Is it economically hard to become one in the first place? Does being a doctor mean that you are of a wealthy class? ANY insights that can help me understand are greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Being a Doctor in the DR provides certain privileges that are now extinct in many societies at large. Yet it takes a toll on any of them to make do with the low salaries and majority of low income patients who can't afford to pay for many services common in many nations.
To become a Doctor a person must take into consideration that in the DR, once having completed the required education and hands on training, they must provide their services "pasantia" to the Gov in order to get their full license there. The Gov provides very little to them while this goes on, hence why so many of them always make their way in beat up motorcycles better fit for somebody selling trinkets on the street.
Yet for all the trials, becoming a Galeno in the DR has perks not seen in ANY other profession of the DR. This translates into all parts of the society, both economic and social.