Only attracted 4 doctors to district level after nearly 2 years

On December 9, 2022, the People's Council of Quang Tri province issued Resolution No. 87/NQ-HDND on developing the health system, improving the quality of public health facilities to meet the health care needs of the people, improving the quality of the population in Quang Tri province in the period of 2022 - 2026, with a vision to 2030; which sets out solutions to develop human resources, attracting 100 full-time general practitioners to work at the district level. However, after nearly 2 years of implementation, the province has only attracted 4 doctors to the district level, the implementation rate is 4% compared to the plan.

Doctors from Huong Hoa District Medical Center examine people in A Doi commune, Huong Hoa district - Photo: HT

Specifically, in 2022, 1 general practitioner will be recruited to work at Huong Hoa District Medical Center and 1 general practitioner will be recruited to work at Dakrong District Medical Center. In 2023, 2 general practitioners will be recruited to work at Vinh Linh District Medical Center. According to the Department of Health, the province currently has 745 doctors/659,214 people, reaching a rate of 11.3 doctors/10,000 people.

Currently, only Quang Tri General Hospital annually recruits 20-25 general practitioners to work (not subject to attraction), the remaining health service units, especially district health centers, face many difficulties in attracting doctors due to degraded physical facilities, lack of equipment, and unattractive attraction levels. In addition, the current salary and allowances of public health are much lower than those of private health, not ensuring a stable life for health workers.

It is known that according to the regulations of the policy of attracting, treating and training public health career staff of Quang Tri province (implemented according to Resolution No. 166/2021/NQ-HDND dated December 9, 2021 of the Provincial People's Council), general practitioners who graduate with excellent degrees from regular training programs when returning to work in the province will be supported with 300 million VND.

Regularly trained general practitioners are attracted and recruited to work at public health service units at district and commune levels: graduates with good grades are supported with 250 million VND; graduates with average grades are supported with 150 million VND; graduates with average grades are supported with 100 million VND.

In addition, doctors who are attracted to work in the field of treatment and prevention at all levels in the health sector receive monthly allowances from 0.5 - 1.0 basic salary/month (depending on the level).

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Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/chi-moi-thu-hut-duoc-4-bac-si-ve-tuyen-huyen-sau-gan-2-nam-190132.htm