The exact schedule is still under discussion.

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By accepting the proposal of the Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK) salary scale, the Prime Minister has created the possibility of appropriate and ungrateful medical professional work, the MOK chairman announced at an online press conference on Saturday.

According to Gyula Kincses, after the decision, a resident can expect a monthly basic salary of 700-800 thousand guilders in the future, which can reach 2.4 million guilders during his medical career, thus stopping the emigration of doctors – he said Gyula Kincses.

During talks with the Prime Minister, it was also stated that at the same time as the salary increase, the criminal law will sanction both the delivery and the acceptance of the gratitude money, he added.

Rita Lénárd, vice president of the MOK, called the head of government’s decision on the salary arrangement a historic step, as a result of which the toxic gratitude money system for Hungarian healthcare can be eliminated after seventy years.

The exact timetable is still being discussed, but the first biggest step of the three-step salary increase will take place on January 1, 2021, and with the other two steps it will arrive at the proposed salary scale of the Hungarian Medical Chamber.

Previously, Magyar Nemzet also wrote about a three-step salary increase, according to which it could increase by 80 percent next year and 20-20 percent in the next two years. This may become clear soon, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after Saturday’s meeting that the bill will go before Parliament on Monday.



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