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Healthcare commercialisation erodes professional integrity

Health is not a product to be bought; it is a foundational human necessity that must be protected from corporate exploitation.

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By  Joseph Aluoch

Consultant Physician

Historically, medicine was a sacred calling, a communal duty rooted in moral and social frameworks.

For centuries, the “healing arts” focused on compassion and alleviating suffering, establishing healthcare as an essential social good. This paradigm has shifted dramatically.

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