Dr. Mohamed Salah Al-Badri Addresses Doctor Salary Concerns in Comprehensive Health Insurance System

Dr. Mohamed Salah Al-Badri, a member of the Senate Health Affairs Committee, denied that doctors in the comprehensive health insurance system expressed a desire not to renew their contracts, saying : “I have students in these hospitals and there is no complaint; But they feel confused about some things.”
He explained in statements to the program “Last Word”, with the media personality Lamis Al-Hadidi, which was broadcast on the screen “ON E” on Saturday night, that the most prominent complaints are related to the lump sum of the doctor’s salary that he receives at the end of the month, saying: “The salary that the doctor receives at the end of the month.” “It’s not the amount written in the contract.”
He also said that some doctors feel upset that they are not getting the full amount specified in their contract, due to the many withdrawals of large amounts from their salary. . For reasons they think it is inappropriate.
He pointed out that external doctors (whether freelance doctors or university professors) are paid much higher salaries than the General Health Care Authority salaries, indicating that some of the authority’s doctors requested to resign from the authority to work under the outsourcing system. . To get higher salaries.
He pointed out that the Authority’s new doctors receive a salary between 11,000 and 17,000 pounds, while specialists and consultants receive 30,000 pounds.