NOVEMBER 9 — Many of our young people aspire to become doctors, not so much for wealth reasons, but to serve the community. Hence the recent action by the Ministry of Health to employ some on disadvantaged contract posts is unfair to our young doctors. There are three concerns with the recent announcement by the Minister of Health regarding the employment of our young doctors on a permanent or contract scheme.
The real suggestions for dealing with the current crisis, is not a merely to increase the number of new posts for medical officers. It must be two fold. Firstly, a drastic reduction in overseas recognised universities, especially locations where our students are poorly trained . This will limit the centres where our students can train. And secondly, to shrink the local medical schools by 50%.
We feel for these young doctors and their families. We would feel cheated if we were in their position. They want to serve and should be given a fair deal for their service, but many of them have now been left in the lurch. Real action needs to be taken today and not another decade from now.*This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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