There is a flaw with that argument: by not going, will he cease to be saving peoples lives? I doubt that.
... I must bite
DM....
If he is still working as a doctor then you are theoretically right, but it is usual to be suspended from duty pending a CM.
However, in practice (no pun intended) there might just be a few more lives to save in Iraq than Lossie (?).
[apologies for overuse of bold key]