ORSHA, 8 November (BelTA) – The Healthcare Ministry should come to grips with the outflow of healthcare workers, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited Orsha City Hospital No. 1 named after Semashko on 6 November, BelTA has learned.
The head of state pointed to the shortage of of anesthesiologists in Belarus. Some anesthesiologists leave to work abroad after receiving free education in Belarus, and this is a rather rare medical specialty. According to the president, it is necessary to find a solution to this problem.
“You train anesthesiologists-intensivists for free. And even those who pay for their tuition - pay little. We provide education free of charge, and even if we charge, the tuition cost is 10 times smaller than in America or Germany. We trained a medical professional free of charge and then he said good bye and went abroad to earn money. This is a problem, and you should come up with solutions, up to draconian methods and submit your proposals to me in the new year,” the head of state said setting a task to the healthcare minister.
“If you graduate from a university, be ready to work here for 10 years. After that, if you want to go somewhere - reimburse us the cost of tuition, and then go. Or let your new employers pay for you. Then leave, you will be replaced by new blood. We need to dot all the i's. In the new year, you should submit proposals,” the president said.
