After widespread controversy.

04:12 PM

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Books – Ahmed Gomaa:

The notice issued by the Physiotherapy Syndicate regarding the assignment of graduates of medical colleges (physiotherapy – human medicine – dentistry – nursing – pharmacy) has raised controversy over the past few hours, especially with news on the publication on social media sites claiming that the assignment will be cancelled. start this year.

The Physiotherapy Syndicate, in its publication, said that the Ministry of Health decided that the designation for graduates of medical colleges (physical medicine – human medicine – dentistry – nursing – pharmacists) should be in line with the needs of the labor market , and not mandatory. for all graduates from various types of medical colleges.

The decision to assign medical college graduates according to “needs” goes back to the meeting of the High Assignment Committee, which was held on September 13, 2022, in the presence of the entire members of the committee, giving a -include captains: human doctors, dentists, physical therapy, nursing, and the tripartite committee for managing the Medicines Syndicate In addition to Dr. Ashraf Hatem, Chairman of the Health Committee in the House of Representatives, and the Dr. Karim Badr, Secretary of the Health Committee. , as well as representatives from the Supreme Council of University Hospitals, the Teaching Hospitals Authority, the Department of Therapeutic Medicine, the Dean of Medicine of Al-Azhar, and the Director General of Cairo University Hospitals.

At that time, the committee recommended to give permission to all the members to decide that all the departments that Law No. to be in accordance with the needs received from the groups mentioned in the law from the beginning of the year 2025. This is the proposal that is completely consistent with the provisions of the Designation Law No. 29 of 1974.

A source familiar with the work of the High Allocation Commission, in statements to “Masrawy”, said that this decision was approved in 2022, and that there is no problem in implementing it starting there the 2025, and all the members of the committee from the medical unions agreed that the designation should be according to need and not mandatory for all medical departments.

At the meeting of the High Commissioning Committee, the need to open new areas for pharmacists in coordination with the Supreme Council of Universities and the Supreme Council of University Hospitals was emphasized in line with what is followed in health systems global, and was emphasized. that requests for commissioning received from the authorities show a real need, taking into account the shortage in numbers of health service providers and a balanced geographical distribution in all governments.

During the meeting, a study was presented on the numbers of personnel in the medical professions given by the assignment law in the Ministry of Health and its affiliated bodies including the total number of doctors, pharmacists, nursing specialists and all medical service providers on the job, disability rates, the average numbers of annual college graduates and the average The expected increase in the next five years.