Sunday, June 29, 2008

DOCTOR SHORTAGE IN COMMUNE HEALTH CLINIC




In recent years, there are many patients died on way to or after entered hospital, because they haven’t been giving first emergency aid at their local area.
According to the result of social investigation at northern provinces, all the physicians who have just graduated from Medical universities don’t want to work for commune health clinic. They try to look for job in province hospitals or District’s health centers because of following reasons:
- At the province hospital or district’s health center, there are a lot of patients who are transfer from many other areas, so physicians can absolutely apply their knowledge to treat patients. Besides they also learn more experinces from specialist doctors’s treatment methods which are really important for new physicians.
- Morever there are many advanced diagnostic equipments to support treatment methods.
- The main reason caused physicians not to work for commune health clinic is low pay. At present the monthly salary of a pharmacist at hospitals and clinics is just over one million dong. The extra pay for a night on duty is just VND 10,000. All the income items aren’t even enough for their life.
Nowadays, almost doctors build their private treatment clinic at home for earning more money. Some physicians change their jobs because they can’t find out job in district’s health centers or province hospitals.
Although local auhtorities have many aid policies such as: providing accomodation, supporting transportation’s charge … but they couldn’t attract doctor work for commune health station.
Now this social issue is paid attention from every social levels and local authorities. We are listening to your opinions.
Questions:
1. Have you ever come to your commune health station ?
2. What do you think of this station’s quality?
3. According to you, it is necessary to maintain commune health station or not? Why? What benefit do we will have if we maintain it?
4. Have you got any suggestions to the Government in order to improve the situation which is mentioned above ?./.

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