Health workers’ salaries unpaid for more than eight months
THOUSANDS of doctors, dentists and pharmacists who started working for state hospitals last May have not received their salaries.
“Never before have doctors had to wait this long for their salary,” said Dr Pradit Chaiyabud, who heads a confederation of medical centres and general hospitals.
He urged relevant authorities, such as the Public Health Ministry, the Office of Civil Service Commission (OCSC) and the Finance Ministry, to solve the problem quickly.
More than 2,000 new graduates started working as government doctors more than eight months ago. With their salaries long overdue, there is a risk that they may give up on state hospitals and head for better pay at private medical facilities instead.
The issue has become a talk of the town among Facebook users who widely shared the post about the plight of the new graduates.
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