This is why Hungarian doctors leave the country
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According to blikk.hu, a junior doctor can earn HUF 9.5 million (EUR 30,640) in a year in Bristol, UK.
Dr. Bálint Hargitai – a Hungarian anesthesiologist working in Bristol – told that the hospital he works in is very clean, and nobody is allowed to work more than 48 hours a week (including duties). They care for as many people as their time allows.
Inpatients are able to choose from three types of food, even diabetic and gluten-free products are available. In addition, the patients can rate the hospital conditions through a questionnaire.
The quality indicators are uploaded to a website where the potential patients can see the amount of operations that had to be done again and also the presence of hospital infections, blikk.hu told referring to Dr. Hargitai.
In Bristol, the doctors do not need gratuity: the base salary of the juniors is almost HUF 9.5 million (about EUR 30,640), while a consultant doctor can earn HUF 28 million (EUR 90,300) a year, with additional duty service fees. In Hungary, a junior doctor receives a gross HUF 155 thousand (EUR 500) a month.