Chapter 10 At first the Doctors had protested when the Government had drafted them into being part of the political framework of the country but gradually they grew used to the role and actually enjoyed it. Their job was to evaluate the political awareness of their patients during the twice a year medical exam which was compulsory for all citizens. If they found that a citizen took no interest at all in the governing process, if they found that a citizen existed only to further his own selfish goals without a thought for the Body politic-then the doctors were required to treat them with hormonal transplants. Treatments were short and intensive with results being obtained usually within a few weeks. No matter how the patient turned out after the treatment he or she was not required to u

