The PS says the idea of government-trained doctors working in the National Health Service (SNS) for a minimum amount of time will only be accepted after negotiation and acceptance by the sector’s representative structures.
This proposal appears in the PS’s election program, which was presented on Sunday, but has already been contested, among others, by the Liberal Initiative (IL) and the Independent Union of Doctors (IM).
An official PS source denied to Lusa that the controversy surrounding the proposal could make sense, and added: “The feasibility assessment means, as already mentioned, that any of these measures will never be adopted without assessment, negotiation and acceptance by a representative of the doctors’ structure.”
The selective program of the PS provides for the possibility of introducing a minimum time devoted to the NHS by medical workers, namely doctors, after a period of specialization.
Regarding doctors who intend to emigrate or work in the private sector, the socialists admit “the possibility of introducing a system of compensation for the country’s public investment in their training.”
IL President Rui Rocha considered these intentions of the PS to be “absolutely serious and intolerant.”
“One is the possibility that doctors, if they one day decide to continue their professional career overseas, will have to repay the cost of their training, and the other is a kind of prison for doctors who will have to remain in the NHS for some time. a certain period of time also to compensate for the training they received,” he said.
According to the IL leader, “everything is being decided in the wrong way,” given that these proposals demonstrate “the desperation of Pedro Nuno Santos of the Socialist Party in the face of a deteriorating situation,” to which the socialists have led the SNS and the careers of their specialists.
SIM President Jorge Roque da Cunha believes he is faced with “illegal measures that jeopardize freedom of movement and freedom of work.”
According to the trade unionist, “besides the fact that it is discriminatory, it is deeply demagogic and populist” and only “intends to make up for the shortcomings that the PS government has created over seven years.”
“This story is again about succumbing to absolute statism. The Cuban regime has this system, the Soviet regime has this system, and we all know what happened regarding this issue. We sincerely hope that the PS changes what it will do regarding this issue,” he added.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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