By Laima Karaliūtė, LRT.lt.
With young specialists moving from small towns to big population centres, medical institutions are being left understaffed. In response, municipalities have begun engaging in fierce competitions, offering tens of thousands of euros in hopes of attracting doctors.
The Telšiai District Municipality in northwestern Lithuania has been successfully attracting doctors, despite being far from the country’s main cities.
“We can see that competition, specifically over doctors, has increased,” said Raimonda Stanevičienė, head of health affairs at the municipality.
“For a recent example, a university hospital in Klaipėda lured away two of our resident doctors who were in their last year of residency. After graduation, they were supposed to get jobs at the regional Telšiai hospital for five years,” she said.
To entice talent to stay, the Telšiai municipality has approved incentives to attract newcomers.
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