Mohammad Raizadeh, chairman of the Iranian Medical Council, mentioned that the nation’s 30,000 common practitioners are reluctant to follow drugs or pursue additional schooling or specialization, including that the nation’s 30,000 common practitioners are reluctant to follow drugs or pursue additional schooling or specialization, including criticized for its low high quality.
Mr. Raeeszadeh highlighted the annual fee-setting course of for docs, noting that one of many essential issues is that common practitioner session charges are very low and unacceptable. For instance, a common practitioner in Tehran can’t maintain a non-public follow with a session payment of 1.2 million riyals (about $1.50).
On December 25, 2023, Mr. Raeszadeh criticized the truth that the precise value of medical consultations within the nation had not been decided, stating:
“If the precise value of a medical session within the nation can’t be decided, it means the calculation is just not being completed.”
The medical group is protesting, arguing that the medical service charges set aren’t in step with inflation.
One-third of Iranians are disadvantaged of primary wants
The authorities authorized a 35% enhance in medical charges in April 2024, however confronted sturdy opposition from medical organizations and medical associations.
On April 7, Saeed Karimi, then deputy minister for therapy on the Ministry of Health, mentioned:
“Physicians’ salaries within the personal sector elevated from R360,000 in 2011 to roughly R700,000 in 2023, greater than 10 occasions the minimal wage for different professions between 2011 and 2023. That means their wages haven’t even doubled in 12 years.”
On December 29, 2024, Deputy Minister of Education and Health Jalil Hosseini mentioned that Iran is just not affected by a scarcity of docs, however moderately that 30,000 common practitioners aren’t practising drugs, leading to inadequate companies. He mentioned folks have to be persuaded to work in underserved areas.
On December 30, 2024, the Rector of Qazvin Medical University commented on the scarcity of docs within the province:
“Lower salaries and advantages for docs within the public sector in comparison with the personal sector, in addition to decrease session charges, are the principle causes for the scarcity of docs in Qazvin.”