"Red eyes" looking for good doctors in the highlands
For the past 4 years, the Van Ho District Medical Center, Son La Province has been recruiting doctors to take on the position of Station Chief at Commune Health Stations, but for the same amount of time, there has not been a single application.
Sharing his concerns about the lack of human resources with Lao Dong Newspaper reporter, Mr. Luong Duy Phu - Director of Van Ho District Medical Center shared: "Currently, in the district, there are only 9 communes with a medical station head who is a doctor, and 5 communes have this position vacant."
According to Mr. Phu, the lack of medical station chiefs has been going on for many years. The reason, he said, is because there is no source of young doctors to recruit. In addition, partly because the salary and benefits have not really attracted young, talented doctors to contribute to the highlands.
"Some of Son La's children, after completing their professional studies in medicine, will choose to stay in big cities or work at the provincial or district levels, making it impossible for the grassroots level to recruit human resources," said Mr. Phu.
According to the reporter's investigation, this situation does not only occur in Van Ho district but in most districts in Son La province. In particular, Bac Yen district is lacking 7 Commune Health Station Heads.
New salary expectations attract young doctors to work in remote areas
As the only endoscopic surgeon at Quynh Nhai District General Hospital - a district hospital in the Son La hydroelectric reservoir area, Dr. Tong Van Phong is perhaps the person who understands best the hardships and sacrifices of a medical staff in the highlands.
Doctor Tong Van Phong shared: "Unlike other industries, a medical staff, especially a doctor, needs at least 6 years to complete the university program. After graduating, it also takes 18 months of practice to be granted a practice certificate. Studying is so hard, but the salary and benefits are not really commensurate, making many doctors and medical staff feel sad."
According to Dr. Phong, working in the highlands, with its difficult and difficult conditions and long distances, makes many young doctors not interested. Many children from the mountainous provinces, after completing their studies, stay in the city to work and do not return to their hometowns.
This leads to the fact that the highland health sector is still struggling with the problem of "thirst" for human resources.
"Recently, when we learned that the basic salary was adjusted from 1.8 million VND/month to 2.34 million VND/month, the team of doctors and nurses in the highlands were also very excited. Hopefully, along with salary and allowances, it will be a motivation for young doctors to work in the highlands," said Dr. Phong.
Also according to Mr. Luong Duy Phu, in December 2019, the People's Council of Son La province issued a Resolution on policies to encourage doctors and pharmacists to work in Son La province, with the highest incentive being 105 million VND and the lowest being 45 million VND.
The provincial health sector hopes that combining the two above factors will help solve the problem of human resource shortage in mountainous areas.
On the morning of June 29, the National Assembly voted to pass the Resolution of the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly.
Accordingly, fully implement 2 contents of salary reform in the enterprise sector in accordance with Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW, including: Adjusting the regional minimum wage according to the provisions of the Labor Code (an average increase of 6% applied from July 1, 2024); regulating the salary mechanism for state-owned enterprises (applied from January 1, 2025).
Along with that, the basic salary will be adjusted from 1.8 million VND/month to 2.34 million VND/month (an increase of 30%) from July 1, 2024.
Source: https://laodong.vn/xa-hoi/ky-vong-muc-luong-moi-dai-ngo-moi-dua-chan-bac-si-gioi-ve-vung-cao-1359429.ldo
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