Severe Paucity of General Practitioners in Australia
The land of the Kangaroos is getting known for its severe dearth of general practitioners, further substantiated by recent research in this area. // Australia is in the throes of a severe GP crisis. The research published in the Medical Journal of Australia has revealed the current trend of Doctors, gravitating to specialist sectors, which if analyzed over a six year period, would leav...Paucity of specialists sends emergency department on a spin
The Whanganui District Health Board Hospital is experiencing a dearth of specialists, which was confirmed by the Hospital general manager, Sue Capenerhurst.// Mrs. Capenerhurst explained that the hospital will have to put up with the shortfall in obstetricians till end-December as the pediatrician employed for full-time services is currently on leave. The hospital is in the process of...Retiring Government Doctors to Be Reappointed to Overcome Paucity of Specialists
The government of the southern Indian state of Kerala will now reappoint retiring government doctors to overcome the paucity of specialists// in certain areas. State Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy said retiring specialist doctors in four disciplines, general medicine, surgery, gynecology and anesthesiology, would be reappointed on a consolidated monthly remuneration of Rs. 25, 000. The...