European doctors ask for the hospital doctors to be rewarded with a salary at least as big as two-three national average salaries

European doctors call on governments of the European Union member countries to guarantee the minimum wage for hospital doctors, starting from no less than two to three national average salaries, and to ensure uninterrupted financing of health systems at a level comparable with the EU average. The European Association of Hospital Physicians and Medical Employees…

FRUSTRATED EASTERN EUROPEAN DOCTORS HEAD WEST

More and more eastern European doctors are heading west as government economic austerity measures eat into their pay and conditions deteriorate, leaving behind understaffed health systems in crisis. From Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, growing numbers of physicians, surgeons, anesthetists and other specialists are packing up for countries like Britain, Germany and Sweden. “There are no…