A quarter of Czech medical graduates leave to work abroad immediately after graduation as they are not satisfied with the working conditions and possibilities to improve their qualification in Czech Republic, president of Czech Doctors' Chamber Milan Kubek said on Thursday.

At least 200 doctors go away one year in spite of an urgent shortage of 600 doctors in Czech hospitals, Kubek told journalists .He supported the establishment of Young Doctors' group with the goal to change the situation.

Health Minister Dana Juraskova said recently that the ministry would allot considerable finances for the higher specialist training programs for doctors and nurses to help them quickly obtain higher qualifications, in this way to prevent personnel from leaving the health sector. According to her, half a billion crowns (about 27.33 million U.S. dollars)will be annually earmarked for this purpose from the state budget.

However, Kubek said, most young doctors would not receive the money designed for education at all. They are dissatisfied with the doctors' specialist training and demand the system similar to the EU's be introduced.

They are also opposed to the existing practice of contracts under which graduate doctors undergoing specialist training in a particular hospital, which receives financial means from the Health Ministry, are obliged to work another five years in the given field in Czech Republic, Kubek said. (1 U.S. dollar = 18.295Czech crowns)

Source: Xinhua