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| The Professional Training and Export of Doctors 04/10/2011 |
| (2011-10-04) |
| Last updated: 2011-10-04 13:23 EET |
Facing pay cuts and a lack of medical equipment and materials in hospitals, many of those working in the healthcare system in Romania try to escape it, searching for better-paid jobs and decent working conditions in other EU member states.
In an open letter to PM Emil Boc, the Doctors’ College in Romania draws attention to the major crisis in the healthcare system, which can no longer “survive” in these conditions. The Doctors’ College calls on the Prime Minister to allow the filling of positions left vacant in the healthcare system, given the major deficit of medical staff in general and of doctors, in particular.
The College argues that the chronic shortage of specialists hampers medical activities and jeopardizes the safety of patients and of doctors who work to exhaustion. The lack of jobs, small salaries and the extremely difficult conditions in which doctors have to work have made a considerably larger number of them to leave the country, as reported by the Doctors’ College as early as 2008.
According to the College, over 1,700 doctors left the country in the first eight months of the year alone. Romania ranks last in Europe, as regards the number of doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, the Doctors’ College says. It also warns that although society is going through a period of crisis, savings should not be made in the healthcare system, given that of all EU member states, Romania allots the smallest percentage of the GDP to healthcare.
While East and Central-European countries allot between 6 and 8% of the GDP to healthcare, the largest amount earmarked by Romania was 4.5% of the GDP, back in 2008. The sums of money allocated to healthcare have been smaller and smaller since then. In this context, the Doctors’ College warns the PM that he has direct responsibility for the functioning of the healthcare system and says that in the absence of skilled medical staff in hospitals, irrespective of the level of investments, these hospitals will be just buildings and not medical units.
According to the estimates made by the Doctors’ College, by 2015, more than half of the Romanian doctors will have left the country to work abroad, in search for bigger salaries and better working conditions. In fact, the college warned last year that if the migration of medical staff continues, in three or four years’ time the system will no longer be able to ensure patient care at European standards.
In spite of these warnings, a growing number of doctors and nurses choose to leave the country. These days, a Job Fair is being held in 10 big cities across Romania, which offers hundreds of better paid jobs, employment and training opportunities to specialist doctors, nurses and pharmacists, in such countries as Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The organizers claim this is the largest event of its kind in Europe, which has reached its 10th edition in Romania. The fair is organized twice a year in 12 European countries.
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