There is no need to point out the fact that there is a doctor shortage in Germany. This is a well-known fact that we have already covered in previous articles. Through this article we want to highlight the fact that serious studies underline the fields of psychiatrics and psychosomatic as the specialties with the…
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…
 In this article we highlight some aspects regarding the benefits of the German living standards, regarding aspects such as: top best-cities in the world, job security, a good healthcare, subsidized education, paid leave and working hours.   German-speaking cities occupy top places in best-cities survey 30 November 2011: Vienna has again been named…
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.…
About 10% of the approximately 2.000 German hospitals will have to close Wuppertal/Berlin – More outpatient treatment at hospitals is demanded by the chief on Germany’s largest health insurer. The CEO of Bramer GEK, Christopher Straub, warned on Monday the hospitals in Wuppertal, to use the economic pressure in order to break up old structures.…
“THE BUREAUCRATIC MADNESS MUST STOP!†Munich / Munster /Berlin – The Board of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV), describes the health service in Bavaria, Germany, as an “over-regulated system that because of its complexity, leaves little room for a proper reformâ€. This statement is referring to a study conducted by the consulting firm AT…
More than 500 Bulgarian doctors have left the country to work abroad in 2010, says the Bulgarian Doctors Union. The secretary general of the Union, Dimitar Lenkov, announced the data, which was established on the basis of certificates issued for good medical practice, required for working abroad. Mostly anesthesiologists and surgeons left the Balkan…
While the attitude of the general population regarding Germany’s healthcare system is in general positive, the government officials don’t tend to hit back and relax, but plan to lay the groundwork to resolve the future problems that Germany may face. Montgomery to MLP Health Report 2011: workload goes for doctors on the substance…
So let’s say you are a doctor living in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia or Lithuania. By now I guess you know all about the shortcomings of the healthcare system in your country, about the general smaller wages than in Germany and about the other things that make you consider a career abroad. You have your…