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HCM City to increase funding for embattled grassroots medical centres

Ho Chi Minh City has decided to earmark around 138.5 billion VND (6.06 million USD) a year until 2025 to pay stipends to trainee doctors, nurses and others working at grassroots medical stations as an incentive to attract personnel.
HCM City to increase funding for embattled grassroots medical centres ảnh 1A medical station in Ward 22 in HCM City’s Binh Thanh  District.(Photo nld.com.vn)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has decided to earmark around 138.5billion VND (6.06 million USD) a year until 2025 to pay stipends totrainee doctors, nurses and others working at grassroots medical stations as anincentive to attract personnel. 

Around 300newly graduated doctors will each get paid 60 million VND over 18 months. 100new nurses and midwives will get 30 million VND over nine months.

Theprogramme began in February to help new medical personnel get hands-onexperience.

It will alsohire retired medical staff on 12-months contracts on salaries of up to 9million VND a month.

Besides, all310 ward- and commune-level medical stations will be provided with funds tohire janitors and security guards to help improve their service.

The fourthCOVID-19 wave has taken a huge toll on medical staff, especially before peoplewere vaccinated and a cure was not readily available, according to the city’sDepartment of Health.

Due to thelimited number of personnel at medical stations, they are often overworked andhave to fulfil a number of responsibilities simultaneously.

Many doctorsand nurses at public hospitals and medical stations quit due to the huge stressand workload and a lack of commensurate wages.

The firstthree months of this year saw 400 of them quit.

Attractingand keeping personnel at medical stations is imperative, the departmentadded./.
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