New system would require another one-two hundred specialist doctors

Five years of bond clots would be the price for medical students for learning the “special knowledge” state funded, for example the usage of a device for removing cerebral thrombus, hvg.hu reports.

After the reformation of the healthcare system in Budapest, the new system would require one or two hundred more specialist doctors, and – according to the plans – hospitals would get a sum to deal scholarships for their professionals receiving special knowledge, state commissioner of Healthy Budapest Program Péter Cserháti told Népszava on Monday.

The commissioner claimed: the Szent János hospital would receive 2 billion forints for a new MR device this year already, and for another device that helps neurologists practice the removal of thrombi from cerebral veins, so, by the time they have moved to the South Buda Centre, they will be able to operate as a stroke center. He added: only 10 specialists work right now in Hungary who have a license to perform such an operation, but at least 30 would be needed for a nonstop service, and receiving the license exam takes two years and costs much.

“While we are reforming healthcare in Budapest, we pay attention to organize the education, and the government should pay for the receiving of the license, and in exchange the doctor agrees to stay in the hospital, that paid his or her education, for at least five years”, the commissioner said.