YYA> He wasn�t a Tzaddik BECAUSE he was a doctor. DESPITE being a doctor,
I will agree that he is not a tzadik “because he was a doctor” – it is clear that he is a special doctor, not like others. But “despite” is taking it too far – gemorah clearly values his services, otherwise who cares that he did not charge … he is special because he used his skills in the right way. It is not just tzniuyut – he does not charge fixed fee, respects dignity by not seeing who pays what, helps young T’Ch who do not have a job yet. judge pretend-swindlers l’tzad zechut, I probably skipped a couple of middos. Maybe I can accept “despite” as – a doctor has an opportunity to charge high fees and be dismissive of patients, he does not do that.
This easily transfers to our life: I asked a related shayla once – why are people visiting cholim are recognized as baaley chesed, while people doing heart operations are seen as “professionals”. The answer (from a yeshivishe rov): if a doctor’s priority is money, then he is a professional; if his priority is chesed, then he is baal chesed. Along the line of the gemorah. I am sure there are people in IDF who are there on a power trip, and there are those who are for the right reasons.