Fed up with a government he says doesn't care, Poh Wang plans to go on strike with tens of thousands of other British junior doctors next week, saying he is overworked, underpaid and burdened with a student loan he cannot imagine paying off
"We've reached a boiling point where we have had enough," said Wang - a council member of the British Medical Association , which represents doctors and medical students.The son of Chinese immigrants who ran a takeaway restaurant in Chester, northern England, Wang became a doctor because he enjoyed helping people. Having attended medical school for six years, he has worked for five, two in specialty training as a psychiatry doctor.
"We hate the sound of clapping, applause, because it's empty," said Wang, referring to Britain's Clap for Our Carers campaign for health workers during the height of the pandemic. on the state-funded National Health Service which is experiencing waves of strike action by nurses, ambulance workers and other staff.
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