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DISMISSED IN PROTEST: The department head, Germar Schneider, is one of the doctors who has resigned from his post in the emergency room in Asker and Bærum. Photo: Gøran Bohlin, VG
50 emergency room doctors from Asker and Bærum surrendered their resignation on Friday afternoon. – We want decent conditions, says Chief Medical Officer Germar Scneider.
– This is a clear sign from the medical team that we do not have decent conditions during this pandemic, says Chief Medical Officer Germar Scneider to VG.
He represents the Norwegian Medical Association in ongoing salary negotiations with the municipality and is one of 90 doctors working in the emergency room.
Doctors believe that their salary conditions in the pandemic are very bad and demand a better deal. The municipality arrived on Friday afternoon with a final offer that the doctors rejected.
Aftenposten was the first to mention the case.
TESTING: Germar Schneider tests for possible corona infections here in the parking lot in front of the ER. Photo: Gøran Bohlin, VG
How much physicians lose financially varies, but Schneider estimates a loss of 20 to 30 percent.
– In addition, we have increased the risk of own disease for patients with coronary heart disease, without having social security in the form of sickness benefits, says Germar Scneider.
Heavier than usual
The doctors who have now broken with the municipality are autonomous doctors and work on a reimbursement basis. The scheme is regulated through central agreements where the municipality is one of the parties.
– Does the municipality say you have a good offer?
– We completely disagree with that, we want decent conditions and the municipality could not give us that. The demand from us was completely reasonable. And now the doctors have given a clear signal, says Scneider.
– A good deal
– They have made a claim and we have made them a pretty good offer that they have rejected, says the municipal director of health and social in the municipality of Bærum, Grete Syrdal, to VG.
– Doctors have a four-week notice period. Therefore, it emphasizes that there is no serious danger of a shortage of doctors during the Christmas holidays.
– What happens now?
– We will need some time to think about our next steps, says Syrdal.
