FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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State health workers seek better terms

State health workers seek better terms

A group of government medical and public health practitioners Tuesday submitted a bill that would reclassify their positions as non-government officials to qualify for better pay scales, which they said would result in delivery of better service to the pu

 

Speaking after submitting the bill, which was supported by 112,052 signatures, to Deputy House Speaker Wisut Wisutthimak, Dr Cherdchoo Ariyasriwattana said the Federation of Medical and Public Health Practitioners of Thailand would lobby MPs to support the bill. 
In addition, seminars and workshops would be held to seek support from the public.
Currently classified as civil servants, the group said the pay scales and regulations governing doctors, nurses and technicians at government hospitals and clinics made it difficult to keep working, given the difficulties of their tasks and the unattractive salaries and conditions. Government hospitals have experienced a brain drain for years, they said.
The Nation
 
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