"I believe that today's health system survives to some extent only thanks to humanity, the extraordinary efforts and sacrifices of health workers," public health expert Predrag Đurić told Vreme.
"I believe that today's health system survives to some extent only thanks to humanity, the extraordinary efforts and sacrifice of health workers," says epidemiologist Predrag Đurić, who teaches at the University of Wolverhampton, in an interview for "Vreme".
He says, "we can send a lot of well-deserved criticism to healthcare workers in Serbia, but we must not forget what kind of system they work in." I would blame them primarily for not fighting. But knowing the challenges they face every day, I partially understand them."
It was recently announced that six thousand doctors have left Serbia in the last ten years.
They will not "mind their own business" and remain silent
Đurić states that part of the reason for the departures lies in the fact that doctors in Serbia are unable to provide citizens with quality health care.
"Certainly, this is also the reason why health workers go to places where there is a greater opportunity to provide better health care, but also to achieve their professional goals, to improve and advance in their careers, in institutions and in a system where obedience, loyalty and of your job' are not the only criteria for employment, successful work and advancement," he says.
"The majority of health workers, as well as others, are honest, educated and intelligent people, who certainly find it difficult to submit to party mediocrity - I'm talking about all the authorities from 1988 to the present day - and people devoid of any integrity," adds Professor Đurić.
Read the entire interview with Predrag Đurić in the issue of "Vremena", which hits newsstands on Thursday (February 29). You can subscribe to the print or digital edition here.
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