Socialists: Many Hungarian health workers earning less in new employee status
Many health workers have suffered a decrease in salary as a result of the introduction of new employee status, with the government failing to pay allowances, an opposition Socialist lawmaker said on Monday.
Ildikó Borbély Bangó told an online press conference on Facebook that the “irresponsible, forced introduction of the new employee status has been a great sin” of the government because it resulted in many workers quitting the health sector during the third wave of the coronavirus epidemic, a time “when the system was already at the brink of collapse”.
“Even those that stayed on have been cheated,” she added citing press reports about decreased salaries for nurses resulting from the lack of wage compensation following restrictions connected to the new employee status.
Ruling Fidesz refuses to provide money to hospitals so that they could pay allowances and hospital directors are forced to reduce such payments, she insisted.
She cited a recent survey by the independent health-care union showing that more than half of nurses are mulling plans to leave their profession.
She called on the government to restore the public worker status of health-care staff and start consultations without delay on a wage hike for nurses.
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Source: MTI
I feel that the decision by the government to put an end to the “almost like a demand” for “gratuity money” is a just and judicious.
It adds more dignity to this humanitarian profession.
It also removes the reason for creating an atmosphere of some people who possess the “means” to
have access to better treatment in the hospitals.
I don’t have to tell you about a situation when a family member needs to stay under hospital-care for a lengthy period.
How much “gratuity money” would a family have HAD TO produce to get a proper treatment?
THIS GOVERNMENT PUT AN END TO THIS KIND OF “TREATMENT”.
The health system does need and will have to have some more changes introduced.
There will be a system where we can all retain our dignity, including the hospital staff.
The present government is appreciative and the whole nation is very grateful for the hospital
workers dedication in doing a job “above and beyond the call of duty” during the pandemic.
I AM SURE THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO FORGET THEIR DEDICATION.
THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THEIR SALARIES.
The epidemic has put an enormous burden on the economy so the fiscal decisions that have been made
earlier, necessitated rearrangement I am certain.
As I can see, there are definite steps being taken to remedy most of these inadequacies.
The whole country has been totally neglected, there has been no improvement on any level by the PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS so the task is GARGANTUAN.
It is an enormous task and those criticising this government are GROSSLY UNFAIR.
There is nothing organised, nothing beneficial to anyone by their DESTRUCTIVE behaviour.
THEY CAN’T ORGANISE THEMSELVES, LET ALONE A GOVERNMENT AND THE NEEDS OF A COUNTRY.
THEY ARE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT LITTLE FRACTIONS THAT WILL FALL APART AT THE SLIGHTEST
INTERNAL PRESSURE.
Notice the machinations of Gyurcsány and Co. to ‘gobble -up’ the others?
DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT THIS “MOTHLY CREW” ARE TO BE TRUSTED TO GOVERN?
NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE EU, IT DEMANDS THE RIGHT TO ENSLAVE US THE WAY IT ENSLAVED THE WESTERN PART OF EUROPE.
Like parrots they are repeating: Rule of law, rule of law, rule of law……
The funniest part is, -they don’t even know- what this rule of law is (as no-one is informed) of its content.
I firmly believe this FAMOUS rule of law is not publicised the reason being: This way they can change it as they see fit.
IT WILL NOT AND IT CAN NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN TO THIS COUNTRY.
I would like to point out how grateful the whole country for the heroic work they all put in during the emergency period we have had.
It is extremely insensitive of the socialists for bringing up this subject at all.
Since they brought the subject up, it is only JUST to hear ALL of the story.
The reduction was due to the elimination of “gratitude money” that became customary during the communist regime.
Unfortunately this custom has continued until the government made a decision to eliminate it for a
very good reason.
Amongst other things:
It made the work of the people in health look and feel undignified, so the government increased their
salaries but in return banned the acceptance of the so called “gratitude money”.
They deserve all our respect, they are not SERVICE PEOPLE, THEY ARE THE REAL HEROS OF THE PANDEMIC.
Why would you call this a spam.
This is the truth.
The socialists are a bunch of unreliable low life just there to distort the truth.
Have any of them ever been in a hospital or seen a hospital in ANOTHER COUNTRY?
Probably not.
Well, I have as I had the type of life that required this exercise.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE HUNGARIAN HOSPITALS -SOME OF THEM MAY BE OLD- BUT
THE ONES I HAVE SEEN HERE WOULD BE EQUAL TO IF NOT BETTER EQUIPPED THEN THE ONES I HAVE SEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
If you have a TAJ card, you are entitled to be attended to by a specialist, treated at hospitals, have blood-tests etc.
Please take time and have a look at the British or American health system or the Australian to name a few.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS BRILLIANT IN CONCEPT.
OF COURSE- LIKE EVERYTHING IN LIFE – IT NEEDS CONSTANT UPGRADE AND REFINEMENT.
Hungarian doctors are also equal,- some of them are brilliant- .
Is this another political dirt throwing contest?