Panama to Hire Foreign Doctors

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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."

Source: Prensa.com

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Next Monday the Ministry for Health (Minsa) will post advertisements for 78 medical specialists to fill vacancies in regional hospitals.

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