The government of Río Negro launched an attractive call for integrate doctors into the public health system provincial, offering salaries exceeding $3,500,000with the aim of attracting professionals from various parts of the country.
This offer, intended for clinical doctors, pediatricians, surgeons and obstetrician-gynecologistsincludes a base salary, additional payments for guards and a compensation of $350,000 to help cover the cost of rent in the province, highlighted the Ministry of Healthin charge of making the proposal.
The province faces a shortage of medical professionalsand the Minister of Health, Demetrius Thalasselishighlighted the importance of this initiative: “We are looking for doctors from Argentina interested in establishing themselves in different locations in Río Negro. We offer highly competitive salaries and an additional fee for settlement, in response to the high rental costs in certain regions,” he explained. Thalasselis also stressed that the province offers opportunities for personal and professional development, and encouraged those interested to join an expanding health system.
The call will allow health professionals to be assigned to different hospitals according to current needs, with the ministry designating specific destinations. Guard coverage will be mandatoryand those interested may apply by sending their resume and personal documents to the email [email protected].
Restructuring in the provincial health system
This measure responds to a critical situation indicated by the Central Workers of Argentina (CTA) in Río Negro, which warned about the growing output of professionals from the public system to the private sector, where salaries for guards are significantly higher. To mitigate this “doctor drain”, the government promoted new incentives and salary adjustments in the latest negotiations.
Additionally, in an attempt to improve conditions, authorities implemented an iIncrease in guard salaries at the end of October. Since November 1, the calculation of guards is made in pesos and no longer through the point system of Law 1904.
The new values reach $267,900 for active guards on business days and $401,800 on non-business dayswhile hePassive guards are paid between $96,900 and $133,000respectively. To strengthen the health system, it was also allocated an investment of $7 billion in hospital supplies.
As part of a comprehensive restructuringthe Ministry of Health announced that the points system will be completely replaced in January 2025which will allow improve transparency and equity in guard compensations.
Until that date, All hiring and functions assigned under the new scheme must be regularized. The Secretary of the Public Service, Tania Lastraindicated that this change seeks not only to equalize the salary conditions of the public sector with those of the private sector, but also reorganize workers’ tasks and responsibilitiespromoting a fairer system in line with the current needs of the Rio Negro health system.
Health crisis: they warn that the system “is broken” and demand health policies
The crisis in the health system is getting deeper: the abrupt jump in prepaid prices had a strong impact on members and did not mean an improvement for their providers, who can increasingly offer a lower quality medical care, in a timely manner. Given this panorama, the Chamber of Medical Diagnostic Institutions (Cadime) asked to include health as state policy among the proposals of the May Pactwhich will be signed next Tuesday in Tucuman by the president Javier Mileigovernors and other invited figures.
In this sense, they specified the request to create a “Federal Health Agreement”with the participation of all actors to promote the democratization of decisionsthe formation of consensus, transparency and publicity of acts and procedures.
As they warned from the entity, “Argentina did not undertake a State policy on health that implements the construction of a system with continuous improvement in access, coverage and quality of care“In this regard, they pointed out that the problems in medical shifts, both in the private and public systems, have been going on for a long time and have worsened in recent months. Specialty clinics and on-call There is no supply of patient care.
Source: Ambito
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