The issue of shortage of staff had emerged since last year. G had asked for a reassignment to OPD and later S left us for his children. Well, 40% down of man power and we started looking for locum. We had a few good hands who came for our rescue. They are competent and physicians of good standing. However we were unable to secure any new staff. Part of it was the salary. EP pay around the rural area at some central part of the island had risen to an unbelievable level; we were closed but yet still a fragment less.
A few had come to ask but none of them opted for us. After the CNY, our HOD had finally asked for a 10% raise and finally the hospital agreed for it. More pals came for interviews but none of them stayed.
Distance was the main concern as most of the well paid didn’t want to live around rural areas. After some begging and persuasion, we finally got a senior physician to join us; A Sabahan who had worked nearby; the hospital had a crisis and a large part of the staff EP left( we could manage to grab one….)
Well, hopefully I gotta make my trip to London in October….
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