Since the beginning of the year, health institutions have advertised 400 jobs, of which 35 percent did not have the consent of the Ministry of Health at the time of the advertisement, which violated the law.
This was said by the assistant minister of health from the opposition, Tamara Vujović, who was nominated by Demos for the position according to the Agreement on free and fair elections.
Vujović told "Vijesta" that certain health institutions, such as the General Hospital in Bijelo Polje, do not write to the Ministry for approval when advertising.
She emphasized that "in one health institution, she found the practice that only vacant positions are advertised at the Employment Office, and not replacements and the like, even though they are mandatory."
"It is clear that the issue of seeking prior consent from the Ministry of Health, and through the Health Insurance Fund and the Ministry of Finance, which is based on the conclusion of the Government, needs to be regulated and interpreted in all health institutions, in order to avoid any possibility of wrong application of rights and abuse" , she said.
Vujović also stated that almost all health institutions are headed by highly positioned personnel, suitable for the ruling structure.
She said that "it is also interesting that DPS personnel applied for the competition for directors of institutions this year, so it turns out that these were their internal competitions".
"From all of the above, it can be concluded that the employment system in healthcare is actually work on the DPS infrastructure," Vujović emphasized.
She also believes that the Ministry of Health, as a policymaker in the health care system, does not take enough care of the needs of patients and workers.
"The Ministry formally fulfills its obligations from the planned plan. What is worrisome, however, is that these policies, although fulfilling the form, do not fully reach those for whom they were created. Proof of that is an unsatisfied patient and an unsatisfied healthcare worker, as indicated by the EHCI data, according to which the satisfaction of users of healthcare services is at a very low level," Vujovićeva said.
According to her, the problems in healthcare are systemic and accumulated, and there is a lack of IT support, so it is not possible to obtain comparable data on many parameters of the health status of the population.
"The first problem is financing based on the social health insurance model, which is increasingly difficult to collect because we all know that a large number of employers do not pay contributions," she said.
Vujović replied that she considered the demands of doctors to increase their salary coefficients to be justified.
"We all aim for a healthier society, the pillars of which are health, education and GDP. If we compare, the norm in Western countries is 300 doctors per 100.000 inhabitants. In our country, the number of perpetrators is significantly smaller, and why should they not be recognized through the Law on Public Sector Salaries", Vujović concluded.
The state rewards civil servants, why doesn't it do that with doctors?
The constant outflow of quality personnel points to the problem of inadequate salaries and treatment of health workers, Vujovićeva said. She said that the problem of staff turnover is most pronounced in the Clinical Center, but also in the north of the country.
"We heard that the state rewards its employees by giving them housing loans on the most favorable terms, because they "devoted their lives to building the state". Couldn't the same be offered to healthcare workers, who dedicated their lives and careers to "building and strengthening" the state. Maybe they would leave less", concluded Vujović.
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