Govt urged to raise staff ceilings, increase funding
Patients queue at public-run Khon Kaen Hospital in Khon Kaen province on Tuesday. (Photo: Chakrapan Natanri)
A shortage of medical personnel, especially doctors, has led to staff being overworked at some hospitials and is a problem for the Public Health Ministry, a top health official said on Tuesday.
Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, the ministry’s permanent secretary, was responding to a news report that many new doctors were resigning shortly after entering government service because they were unable to withstand the heavy workload.
The report cited, as an example, actress Noppasorn “Puimek” Veerayuthawilai, who graduated from the faculty of medicine at…
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