Corona pandemic casts a negative shadow on the medical body and invades insurance companies.

Al-Anbat – Dalal Omar

Translated by - Ola Rasheed

The Corona pandemic has cast a negative shadow on the medical body in the Kingdom, the most important of which are pressures on doctors, after the increase in the number of the unemployed among them and the increase in the number of medical school graduates, whether from Jordanian or foreign universities, which the concerned authorities do not provide them with job opportunities in the Ministry of Health and the private sector, which suffers from limited opportunities here arose the problem of the presence of large numbers of doctors and the lack of opportunities for work and training.

 Also, the training opportunities for doctors are not fair and there is no equal training opportunities. The doctor does not get training or job opportunities. This is due to the mismanagement of officials, especially after the doctors’ union was dissolved and a government-affiliated council was formed by decisions from it, and this council did not serve the graduate doctors, especially those who are not available They have opportunities for work and training because there is no party claiming their rights.

 It is reported that the specialist doctors have become suffering from the insolvency of insurance companies due to the Corona pandemic, and according to the Public Health Law Chapter Five, Article 24: The Ministry is responsible for combating and controlling diseases transmitted by vectors in the event of their emergence or spread, and this means that insurance companies calculate what is stated in the law (argument ) To prevent an increase in doctors’ wages, especially since they made great efforts during the pandemic, for which they received praise from His Majesty the King, while insurance companies contributed to the doctors’ temptation to establish rights over companies that they did not obtain.

The list of wages list has not been amended since 2008. The recent wages list that was proposed by the appointed council in the Medical Syndicate is an organizational list, as several procedures have been added to it and the overlaps between medical specialties have been removed, and it is therefore an organizational list in which wages did not rise clearly except in line with the current economic situation in the Kingdom, it is therefore a regulation to protect the rights of doctors by insurance companies and to set a minimum and maximum wage.

However, the list remained trapped in the inclusion of the minister's office six months ago, which holds the status of captain and is currently exercising his powers after the dissolution of the council, and he is currently using it as a pressure card to direct the upcoming union elections.

 The medical sector is witnessing a complete chaos as a result of the interference in the sectors, especially the cosmetic sector, after it became a non-specialist who performs cosmetic operations such as Botox and fillers, while some perform them in beauty salons, they are interventions that may not be performed except by the authorized doctor.

The work environment of doctors has also become repellent to competencies, so that the Ministry of Health suffers from a significant shortage of medical specialties, and the reason is due to the work environment and its conditions, and the low wages and salaries received by doctors compared to other sectors, despite the great responsibilities that fall upon them.

Citizens called on the government to reduce the unemployment of doctors and provide job and training opportunities for them to guarantee their rights and amend the work environment, so that the Ministry of Health receives medical competencies and does not expel cadres by developing work methods.

 They also called for the intensification of supervision over the medical sector, especially after the emergence of people who play the role of herbalists and those who impersonate a doctor and the presence of unlicensed centers and doctors whose complaints exceeded dozens, and to prevent the recurrence of these phenomena, this can only be done with the presence of specialized cadres from the Ministry of Health to carry out its oversight role. The licenses for professions affiliated with the Ministry cannot monitor everything that happens in the health sector due to the lack of capabilities and cadres available to it.

Article 22/A Chapter Five of the Public Health Law stipulates that if an epidemic disease breaks out in the Kingdom or any region in it, the Minister must take all measures urgently, to combat it and prevent its spread, announce the epidemic in the various media and publish the announcement in the Official Gazette.