The meal allowance for on-duty medical staff is not enough to pay for a bowl of pho.
The allowances paid to medical staff are unacceptably outdated. Over the years, we have complained many times, but there has been no change. It is time for a change, to restore fairness to workers in the medical field. Fairness here means that the allowances must be commensurate with the effort that doctors and nurses have put in.
A doctor graduates after 6 years of university and many years of work experience before being able to hold a scalpel, but the allowance for this especially important job, related to human health and life, is only paid a few hundred thousand dong.
Readers have heard the famous story of a mechanic repairing a ship's engine that had broken down. With just one hammer blow from the mechanic, the engine started working again. A week later, the ship owner received a bill for $10,000. The bill read: Hammering fee: $2. Finding the place to hammer: $9,998.
The same goes for doctors. Saving a patient is not just about how many hours you spend in the operating room, but knowing where to put the knife. Therefore, the labor of doctors and nurses cannot be calculated as manual labor. Meanwhile, the salary of medical staff is still low, not suitable for the reality of life and living. For medical staff, allowances are a very necessary amount to make up for the shortfall in salary.
Medical staff are under pressure from work and also from negative reactions from patients' families. There are many cases of doctors and medical staff being scolded and assaulted by patients' families. The physical pain is one thing, the pain of humiliation is much greater. But in return for that is a lack of income and a small allowance.
Paying appropriate salaries and allowances to medical staff not only ensures the lives of medical workers to work better, but also attracts more people to this profession. After graduating from medical school, having a high-income job, being respected by society and having a comfortable life, talented people will strive to study to become doctors. This is also a way for the medical industry to progress and keep up with advanced countries.
