Before the information that more than 200 officers and employees of Bach Mai Hospital quit their job in 2020, there were many questions about the cause or whether there was obscurity leading to ‘brain drain’ or not?
In a report to the Ministry of Health, Bach Mai Hospital said that from February 1, 2020, the number of employees and job transfer to other agencies at Bach Mai Hospital was 221 people. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quang Tuan, Director of Bach Mai Hospital confirmed that many of the hospital’s human resources have recently quit their jobs and moved to other places. Among those taking leave, some have the title of Associate Professor and Doctor, but the leave is to move to another place with higher income. In addition, human resources quit due to the reorganization of payroll and employment positions due to complete financial autonomy in the hospital.
The hospital report also said that during this period, the hospital recruited and signed contracts with 506 people, including: 199 people who are officials, employees, and workers with professional qualifications; 232 nurses, medical technicians have completed training courses to improve skills organized by the hospital in 2019 and 75 working positions to welcome, guide and transport patients …
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So is there a situation of “brain drain” at Bach Mai Hospital as public opinion raises? Talking with reporters, some doctors and staff shared about the reasons why they quit their jobs at Bach Mai Hospital, and also shared their sadness and concerns when they had been with the hospital for many years.
Working in the Department of Oncology of Bach Mai Hospital since the days of university graduation until the retirement age, Dr. LVT is one of 222 staff members and staff who just resigned. Without stating the reason for taking leave, Dr. T asserted that not only him but also many doctors and staff had feelings of “sadness and concern.”
“I am very sad when I have to move to the hospital even though I am going to the retirement age and have to move to the hospital for many years,” said Mr. T.
Many other staff members resigned at Bach Mai Hospital also expressed their regret. However, when asked about the reason why they decided to quit their job at a large hospital like Bach Mai, many people said that it was a personal reason. Some even refused to answer because they quit their jobs and were no longer members of this hospital.
Quitting his job at Bach Mai Hospital from March 2021, Mr. NNK, an employee of the Faculty of Pharmacy shared, he sent his leave to his leaders right after Tet for many reasons, of which the main reason was due to the mechanism of The hospital has a change: “This change makes medical staff like us have to work more and more pressure, but the total income not only does not increase but also decrease than before”.
Answering VOV.VN’s reporter, Dr. Do Van Thanh, Head of Personnel and Organization Department, Bach Mai Hospital, it is normal for employees to quit their jobs, taking place every year. However, the past year at Bach Mai hospital is clearly higher.
Mr. Thanh also said that in parallel with 221 employees who changed jobs and quit their jobs, from February 1, 2020, the hospital has recruited and signed new contracts of 506 people. In which, the recruitment and reception of cadres, officials and workers with professional qualifications is 199 people (of which 5 persons with post-graduate professional qualifications; Doctor of 4 people; MSc. residents, BSCKI is 98 people, Bachelor of Nursing advanced system, graduate students with excellent grades: 24 people …). At the same time, signed labor contracts for 232 nurses, medical technicians who have completed the training course to improve skills organized by the Hospital in 2019. Deployed to sign labor contracts with the positions. welcoming, guiding and transporting patients … in order to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment services, bring satisfaction to the patient, and the patient’s family is 75 people.
“I affirm this is not brain drain as people think. Moreover, the number of vacations is spread throughout the year and in dozens of units, not massively. The same is true for the new recruitment. The hospital director’s point of view is how to attract highly qualified personnel, so the number one priority is to recruit resident doctors, then advanced bachelor, who have English proficiency … “- Dr. Thanh said.
Also in the report to the Ministry of Health, Bach Mai Hospital said that the total revenue of the hospital in 2020 decreased by nearly 2,000 billion compared to 2019 (down 26%). Although the hospital has applied a policy of supporting staff to stabilize income (2 months each person, the hospital’s salary is blocked because of the COVID-19 epidemic and support for additional income stabilization in the first 6 months of the year). 2020 with a total budget of 120 billion VND), but the income of officials and employees will still decrease much compared to 2019.
According to the report of Bach Mai Hospital, in the implementation of the hospital autonomy pilot project for the period 2020-2021, at the beginning, the hospital faced many difficulties in the apparatus, operation regulations and impacts of the COVID epidemic- 19, especially difficult financial resources.
Bach Mai Hospital said that in order to operate in accordance with the autonomy mechanism in the new situation, the hospital reorganized the apparatus, streamlining unnecessary labor, and re-arranging appropriate labor. qualifications, capabilities and job positions. In particular, the hospital dissolves functional units that are no longer suitable for the hospital’s development in the current period such as dissolution of service units that provide free of charge to patients, merger. the pharmacy system entering the Pharmacy Faculty in accordance with regulations and implementing the small and medium private health rapidly develops …
Dr. Do Van Thanh added that over the past time, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the number of patients visiting Bach Mai Hospital has decreased significantly. In the past, the hospital received from 6,000 to 7,000 patients a day and treated more than 5,000 inpatients. Now due to the epidemic, there are times when the hospital only has more than 1,000 inpatients./.
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