On the one hand, not only are doctors needed in healthcare and not only burdened by the epidemic, but on the other hand, it will create salary tensions if only doctors receive significant salary increases.

He welcomes the words of Viktor Orbán in recognition of the work of doctors and health workers, and the salary increase measures that affect the doctors of the Independent Health Union, read in his statement.

“However, the announced salary increase, if not accompanied by salary agreements for other healthcare workers, will create serious salary tensions because many will only receive much more moderation or no salary increase, or will continue to do so, and will continue to do so for extremely low wages. “. even taking into account the promised wage increases, their hard work, ”warns the union.

That’s why they ask that

For publicly funded professionals and other healthcare workers, there should be an increase in wages in early 2021 in line with the increase in doctors’ salaries.

The skilled worker shortage is now more tense than that of doctors, says the union. “Scientific research shows that death rates show the strongest link to a shortage of professionals who care for them, especially in intensive care.

If the number of nurses per patient is less than 2.5, the number of deaths increases proportionally. This is particularly important now at the time of the epidemic.

The sacrificed work of nurses and technicians justifies a salary increase commensurate with that of doctors, as it does for other workers in publicly funded care or other legal jobs that suffer an additional burden in medical and social care.

“In light of the exact numbers and timing of the medical pay increases, our organization will send a proportional pay increase proposal to publicly funded workers. We will also require that the pay increases take place at an agreed time,” they write.

The government has accepted the proposal presented by the Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK) for an unprecedented salary increase, and an agreement has been reached to withdraw the thank you money, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced in a video posted on his website. Facebook after several months of preparatory work on Saturday morning. after – the government delegation and the chamber met.

According to Orbán, the salary table and proposal presented by the chamber, which contained an unprecedented salary increase, was approved by the government and the bill will be presented to Parliament on Monday. They further agreed that

at the same time, the gratitude money is also withdrawn from the Hungarian care system.

In the video, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán did not speak about the schedule of the salary increase, but on Friday the Hungarian Nation wrote that the government is thinking about a three-year increase, next year by 80 percent and in the following years. by 20-20 percent. Minister Gergely Gulyás said in the government briefing on Thursday that he was aware that compliance with the chamber’s request was worth hundreds of billions of guilders, and also noted that there is now much uncertainty in the budget.



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