Even though illness is divinely decreed on a person; the Torah commands the Doctors to heal, as it says in Shmot 21:19 - וְרַפּוֹא יְרַפֵּא - and he shall be healed.
It's a Mitzva for experts in the medical field to heal people; there is no greater Mitzva than saving lives.
A Doctor who refuses to heal is considered a murderer - even if there are other doctors around, since some illnesses are decreed to leave only after a certain Doctor treats it.
However, somebody who is not trained to be a medical practitioner, should not try healing people, since mistreating illness is also considered murder.
Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 192:4
- Danny
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