Letter of the Day: Medical matching needs overhaul

It was reported in the media that a McMaster University medical student, Robert Chu, committed suicide after being passed over twice to obtain residency or matching, which is mandatory to continue medical studies.
Matching is a complex process, highly competitive and involves a host of variables such as a student’s academic standing, performance at interview and others, some of them could possibly be subjective. The public, which finances medical institutions, has no idea about how many st