As mentioned in our previous articles about the “Brain Drainâ€, it is not uncommon for wealthier countries to attract doctors from abroad in order to solve its doctor shortage. Although this practice is considered by some as an unethical short term solution, you can’t blame the individuals that seek better paying jobs, better working…
Introduction: World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. It is led by the Union for International Cancer Control, a global consortium of more than 470 cancer-fighting organizations in over 120 countries. World Cancer Day targets the public through global communications, and…
BALTIC COUNTRIES COULD ORGANIZE JOINT PROCUREMENT OF MEDICATIONS AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Saeima Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee approved in principle amendments to the Public Procurement Law, so the Baltic countries could jointly organize procurement of medications and medical equipment. This joint procurement procedure will make it possible for the Baltic countries to buy…
Technical expert or a philanthropist, entrepreneur or an altruist? When asked what makes a good doctor, there is no clear answer. Nevertheless, any doctor asks himself this question someday. Charity and humanity: such concepts fitted into stories, go to the heart. For the health care system they seem to play no role. In a system…
For many years now, Norway is well known for attracting foreign doctors. Due to chronical shortage of doctors, the country has been quite eager to attract doctors from abroad, mainly specialist doctors, to fill vacant positions in the constantly expanding health care sector. Long before the existence of the European Union, the Nordic countries have…
Ulm – About declining numbers of graduates in Gastroenterology reports the Association of Established Gastroenterologists. “The long training period, the intensive professional need and the risk of establishment apparently scares the young doctorsâ€, said the chairman of the association, Huppe Dietrich, as a result of the analysis that was conducted in 14 states in…
Germany is making progress when it comes to integrating people with immigrant backgrounds. The government in Berlin has released its latest study on the matter – showing considerable improvement, if not equality. The government’s second “integration indicators report†– the first appeared two years ago – focused on integration in Germany between 2005 and 2010.…
Arafat: The new law could provoke a disaster! The former Romanian Deputy State Secretary Raed Arafat claimed in his interview with the ProTv news that he tried to have a discussion about the new health law with the Prime Minister Emil Boc, but it was refused on grounds that “he is against…
The Romanian Health Ministry secretary of state Raed Arafat has resigned Tuesday, displeased with the emergency care provisions of Romania’s new healthcare bill. His decision was triggered by disputes with President Traian Basescu, and Health Ministry officials over the new draft law aimed to reform the healthcare system. Syrian-born Arafat was appointed Health Ministry deputy…
A pro-government commentator is relieved by the fact that the government at the very last moment promised significant wage rises for doctors. The doctors had threatened to quit their jobs en masse on January 1. “The imminent collapse of the Hungarian health care has been averted†– writes Ronald Lippai in Magyar Nemzet. More than…