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…
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…
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…
“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…
July 8, 2011 – Hungarian radiology has become trapped in a vicious circle: A combination of low prestige, long hours, and, most especially, low wages is driving a brain drain of the most experienced specialists to find work abroad, in particular to the Republic of Ireland, Scandinavia, the UK and Germany, according to one…
Bratislava, Dec 1st (Reuters) – Slovak healthcare unions warned on Thursday the country’s medical sector may disintegrate after doctors walked out due to an ongoing dispute over wage hikes, forcing the government to ask neighbouring countries for medical support. Around one fifth of country’s 7000 doctors did not show up for work, according to Slovak…
Given the fact that you considered our previous comparison study: “The cost of living comparison between Germany and Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lithuania†useful, here, we present you the sequel. Continuing on the same idea, you are a specialist doctor (because France only recruits specialists), you like the French lifestyle, culture, language and everything France…