What is the ruling on doctors working in a remote government clinic dividing their working hours in a way that allows them to leave work in shifts, after the director's refusal, and is the income earned from this considered unlawful, and who bears responsibility in the event of a patient's harm or death?
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The questioner is considered a private employee of the health authority, and official working hours belong to the authority. He must devote himself entirely to work; otherwise, he is not entitled to the wage for the time he misses. This is confirmed if the manager refuses permission for rotation. As for liability for harm or death, it falls upon the attending physician because he is the direct cause, and "if the direct cause and the indirect cause combine, the ruling is attributed to the direct cause."
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