There is a view that doctors, medical scientists and diagnostic experts who are in the life saving streams of medical sector should be allowed to continue in their service as long as they are able to continue.

• How far do you agree or disagree with this view?

Should some professionals be given extension on retirement age depending on the nature of their service to the community? Though opinions differ, I for one am of the opinion that some professionals in the medical fraternity may be allowed to continue as long as they can.

My primary argument favouring this idea is that brilliant doctors and scientists, who are in the best of their service, are forced to move out of their regular career thanks to uniform retirement age limit. If these professionals are allowed to be in harness, it would be a blessing for the whole humanity. Secondly, thanks to the developments in medical science itself, people there days are healthy even in their late 60s and 70s, especially medical professionals in their life saving area. They need to be exploited for the well being of whole humanity.

However, there should be an excellent screening mechanism to ensure that only the reserving professionals stay back. This may be on the basis of how crucial their medical fields are, the seriousness of research and diagnosis they do and their health status, to mention a few. If this is not taken care of, this provision may backfire when all and sundry may manage themselves to be in service for ages. This would do more harm than good by depriving the young medical professionals of their due right to serve the community.

The above findings make me conclude that it is a good idea to support the view that life saving professionals need to remain in service even after their due retirement age. However, the parameters that govern such a system must be foolproof by all means.

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