For those wondering why Italy’s health system is in need of help, the article says…
The coronavirus pandemic was the catalyst for many to leave; more than 11,000 health workers have left the public system since 2021. Italian medics were frontline heroes when the country became the first in Europe to be engulfed by Covid-19. However, the fines issued to some for flouting overtime rules during the pandemic were a reflection of how quickly their efforts were forgotten.
Stressed medical professionals are now either retiring early, switching to the private sector, or seeking better opportunities abroad.
In Italy’s poorer south, the public health system had endured neglect for years before the pandemic, with severe cost-cutting leading to the closure of dozens of hospitals. The mafia and political corruption have also taken their toll on services.
With the ridiculous salaries they will be offered and the poor shift organization they will find, even foreign doctors will last very little. Unless they are forced to sign long term “slavery style” contracts with penalties if they resign earlier.
Oh, and Cuba is horrifically poor, so even Italian health care wages probably feel like a good deal to them.
For those wondering why Italy’s health system is in need of help, the article says…
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I hope they offer our suicide pills in grape here in the States. I’d hate to bankrupt myself over end-of-life care only to get cherry.
Oh, and Cuba is horrifically poor, so even Italian health care wages probably feel like a good deal to them.
Actually this isn’t true, I went there once and the resort had 3 stars.
Portugal has basically the same issue fun fact
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