Phu Tho province will give doctors working in state hospitals 900 million VND (42,800 USD) each to pursue doctorate degrees.
Directorof the Phu Tho Department of Health Ho Duc Hai said the province wantedto improve the quality of its medical professionals. It expects thatwith the financial support the province will bring in 27 doctors withdoctorate degrees by 2020. The studying period is three years.
Haisaid the Government approved the province's plan to build a high-techgeneral hospital with specialised centres for tumours, cardiovasculardiseases, obstetrics and paediatrics. It would need highly professionaldoctors to staff the new hospital and use the new, more modernequipment.
Vuong Truong Thai, Deputy Director of Lam ThaoDistrict Hospital, said Lam Thao and many other district hospitals inthe province urgently needed more doctors, but the Government would besending them away to study instead of work where they're needed.
Onthe average, each hospital needed 10 to 20 more doctors to meet localresidents' needs for examinations and treatments, Thai said. Manyhospitals even had to bring retired doctors back to work.
Theprovince has trained two doctors with doctorate degrees since 2009. Itdoesn't offer doctors benefits with their salaries so it's hard toattract well-trained professionals, Hai said. But doctors seemed eagerabout new support.
Dr. Dao Van Khai of Tam Nong District GeneralHospital said that the project would help doctors increase theirprofessional skills, and he hoped the support would include more modernequipment for hospitals.-VNA
Directorof the Phu Tho Department of Health Ho Duc Hai said the province wantedto improve the quality of its medical professionals. It expects thatwith the financial support the province will bring in 27 doctors withdoctorate degrees by 2020. The studying period is three years.
Haisaid the Government approved the province's plan to build a high-techgeneral hospital with specialised centres for tumours, cardiovasculardiseases, obstetrics and paediatrics. It would need highly professionaldoctors to staff the new hospital and use the new, more modernequipment.
Vuong Truong Thai, Deputy Director of Lam ThaoDistrict Hospital, said Lam Thao and many other district hospitals inthe province urgently needed more doctors, but the Government would besending them away to study instead of work where they're needed.
Onthe average, each hospital needed 10 to 20 more doctors to meet localresidents' needs for examinations and treatments, Thai said. Manyhospitals even had to bring retired doctors back to work.
Theprovince has trained two doctors with doctorate degrees since 2009. Itdoesn't offer doctors benefits with their salaries so it's hard toattract well-trained professionals, Hai said. But doctors seemed eagerabout new support.
Dr. Dao Van Khai of Tam Nong District GeneralHospital said that the project would help doctors increase theirprofessional skills, and he hoped the support would include more modernequipment for hospitals.-VNA
