I was conflicted on whether to respond to this headline or ignore it...but the rising suicide rate amongst young doctors (mostly medical officers) is a concern... but why the Medical Officers? who are Medical Officers? Medical Officers are people who have studied Medicine as an undergrad degree at the university, the degree is abbreviated as MBChB or MBBS or MD. In Kenya it is MBChB. This degree is a 'prestigious' course not for academically average Joes, it is for the top cream in academics the A and A- students. But if you have the money (to pursue Medicine, Pharmacy or Dental Surgery at the university as a parallel student, you will need to pay at least 500k/ year as fees!) you can enroll with a B in KCSE or with a credit pass in a healthcare diploma course...but you must have good cluster scores. MBChB is 6+1 training I.E you study in class for 6 years and go on 1 year of compulsory training at hospitals known as internship. During internship the government posts interns