Aussie surgeons walk out of public system

[DesertFox]

SURGEONS are quitting Victoria's public health system in alarming numbers, dismayed at their working conditions and pay, a ministerial review says.

Morale is low, frustration is rising and senior and junior surgeons are joining the exodus, the independent review says.

The Australian Medical Association says this is evidence that Victoria is on the precipice of a crisis in public health.

"Public hospitals are at a crossroads: what happens now will determine whether we plunge into crisis or not," AMA Victoria president Doug Travis said. "Fewer surgeons will mean fewer operations. It's that simple."

More (http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/surgeons-walk-out-of-public-system/2008/03/16/1205602195480.html?s_cid=rss_national)

[buckeyepete]

DF: -- Linkie no worky --

[DesertFox]

Thanks, Pete. It's fixed now.

[DoctorDoom]

Thanks, Pete. It's fixed now.If only the Oz government could fix THEIR problem so easily.

[DeclinetoState]

A preview of HillaryCare?

[Oldeshooter]

When you get something for nothing it is usually worth nothing. There ain't no FREE lunch. Except for illegal immigrants in the USA. They get everthing for nothing.

[jayson]

Here's a thought... privatize health care.

Not gonna happen though. The people will bitch and moan when the doc's walk out and the government will once again step in and put extremely expensive band-aids on the previous extremely expensive band-aids.

[The_Sonarman]

A preview of HillaryCare?
Exactly.
Low pay in the public sector is a key determinant in the problem, the review says. But surgeons in the public systems are also affected by a loss of goodwill and job satisfaction.
Hilliary addressed this possibility in HilliaryCare as well. Her plan had a heavy fine and up to 10 years prison sentence for anyone attempting to do any private health care.

I always love liberal plans. There's always a clause in there that "if" you bypass their system..... you go to prison for 10 years. If their stuff is so great..... how come they need to enforce it with an mailed fist?