The health system is in danger
Doctors flee from Kosovo
Hundreds of doctors leave Kosovo every year. Because in EU countries like Germany they have more modern facilities and they earn more. This poses a great danger to the Balkan country.
Publication date: 4:14 pm
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Updated: 4:44 PM
More than 200 doctors leave Kosovo every year. Their destinations are usually European Union countries such as Germany and Austria. The main reason for this is higher wages. While in Kosovo a doctor earns the equivalent of 624 euros on average, in Germany it reaches 4,000 francs a month.
Balkan countries like Albania, Kosovo and Serbia record loudly «albora.ch» Above-average migration of skilled workers. In addition to doctors, many construction workers and other craftsmen move to the European Union. For them, up to six times higher wages should be one of the main reasons.
Doctor Flamor Labjani also recently left Kosovo to work in Germany. In an interview with “albora.ch” he explains: “I will continue my career in Germany. As a doctor, I will work in a famous hospital.” Llabjani starts at the Neustadt Pulmonary Clinic in Thuringia.
EU countries welcome skilled workers
Albanian doctor Ragmund Hazezag has been working in Germany for five years. “Like every beginning, I have had these difficulties as well, but they have already been overcome and I am very satisfied with the workplace I am currently working in and with the colleagues that surround me,” he says.
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Altin Marku (37 years old) has been a huge success with the “Fol Shqip Show” for years, thanks to which the Albanian community is looking forward to Switzerland all over the world. Now he has a news portal albora.ch Founded – and will work with Blick in the future. Blick publishes “Albora Top Story” in German once a week.
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Altin Marku (37 years old) has been a huge success with the “Fol Shqip Show” for years, thanks to which the Albanian community is looking forward to Switzerland all over the world. Now he has a news portal albora.ch Founded – and will work with Blick in the future. Blick publishes “Albora Top Story” in German once a week.
Hazizaj left Albania because he wanted to specialize in “and be up to date with the latest facilities and technologies”. According to the doctor, there are also many opportunities for further training in Germany.
Skilled workers immigration is convenient for EU countries, as they often lack doctors. For countries like Kosovo, on the other hand, immigration is a huge risk. In the future, there is a risk that they will not have enough medical staff or specialists.
A crisis in the next five years
“Kosovo is in grave danger due to the shortage of doctors,” explains Crystal Sedio, president of the Kosovo Medical Association. This year, 108 doctors and 48 specialists have already gone to Germany. ” In the next ten years, about 2,000 doctors could leave the Balkans.
“I think we will face a crisis in the next five years if the trend among young professionals continues,” Sejdiu predicts. The average age of Kosovar doctors is already over 50 years old. There is no improvement in sight – of the 150 annual medical graduates, about 90 percent leave the country after their studies. (obf)
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