I have an awful lot of respect for doctors, there is no reply against them. There is a specific problem - the demands of an initiative committee of students - to increase the money to such an amount that will allow a resident to receive as much as a doctor or more than him. I apologize if I am misunderstood.
This was said by the chairman of the PG of “Ima takvi narod” Toshko Yordanov in the studio of “Zdravei, Bulgaria”.
He commented on his remark, uttered during a meeting of the Health Commission at a meeting with young doctors who insist on higher salaries.
Some of the words I said to an extraordinary health commission were taken out of context. What I said is this: there is a problem with the payment of resident doctors. We proposed a solution to the problem, a realistic solution to the problem. On the other hand, some of the financial demands are not well thought out, because it is not normal for a resident to receive more money than the specialist who trains him. If I have offended anyone, I sincerely apologize. I deeply respect all the people in white coats in Bulgaria. I say this with respect and with all my heart!
"In Italy, when you are a resident, the state sends you to a certain region and then you receive an employment contract for a certain period of time. Our residents expressed their disagreement with working in hospitals in the country after their specialization is over. The entry of foreign doctors into Bulgaria is not easy, diplomas have to be legalized - in general, there are quite a few restrictions. "There is also a problem if the medics graduated from outside the EU," commented Yordanov.
Toshko Yordanov revealed that his salary as a member of parliament varies between 7 and 8,000 leva.