This was suggested by Health Minister Franklin Vergara, who stated that such measure would be a "quick way out" of the problem, "as long as medical union agreements are considered".
"The head of the ministry also suggested the creation of an 'institutional doctor', a specialist who would attend state entities for an attractive salary", reported Pa-digital.com.pa.
Source: pa-digital.com.pa
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August 2011
In the absence of specialists the Social Security Department has announced it will hire180 foreign doctors.
The vacancies are in the areas of cardiology, surgery, anesthesiology and internal medicine in the district of Panama and the provinces of Bocas del Toro, Cocle, Colon, Chiriqui, Herrera, Los Santos and Veraguas.
September 2010
Next Monday the Ministry for Health (Minsa) will post advertisements for 78 medical specialists to fill vacancies in regional hospitals.
The specialists required include gynecologists, doctors of internal medicine, pediatricians, radiologists and anesthesiologists.
“The ministry has taken this decision as a response to the lack interest shown by Panamanian physicians when the posts were first advertised in May,” says a Minsa communication according to Prensa.com.
February 2011
The Social Security Fund will recruit foreign medical specialists for the Limon Hospital.
Given the refusal of medical specialists in Costa Rica to work in the Caribbean city, health authorities in conjunction with the Medical College have agreed in principle to the recruit for one year foreign specialists to fill vacancies in Limon.
February 2011
The Social Security Fund (CSS) announced it will hire Dominican medical specialists for one year.
Guillermo Sáez-Llorens, director of the CSS, said the institution was forced to take this action due to the lack of Panamanian medical specialists.
Prensa.com adds in their article, "The National Director of Health Services and Benefits of the CSS, Javier Diaz, said there is a need for about 247 specialists, cardiologists, radiologists, internists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, among others, mainly in remote areas inside the country."
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