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
Monday, 3 Marchesvan 5778
וּמִצְוָה הוּא עַל הָרוֹפֵא הַבָּקִי לְרַפֵּא, וּבִכְלַל פִּקּוּחַ נֶפֶשׁ הוּא
וְאִם מוֹנֵעַ אֶת עַצְמוֹ, הֲרֵי זֶה שׁוֹפֵךְ דָּמִים, וַאֲפִלּוּ יֵשׁ לַחוֹלֶה רוֹפֵא אַחֵר, כִּי לֹא מִן כָּל אָדָם זוֹכֶה לְהִתְרַפֵּא, וְאוּלַי הוּא מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם שֶׁיִתְרַפֵּא עַל יָדוֹ
אֲבָל לֹא יִתְעַסֵּק בִּרְפוּאוֹת, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן הוּא בָקִי, וְאֵין שָׁם גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנוּ, שֶׁאִם לֹא כֵן, הֲרֵי זֶה שׁוֹפֵךְ דָּמִים
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