Most hospitals have been underfunded and overburdened for years. The government is bankrupt and owes many hospitals millions of dollars in fees. This has made paying personnel and importing medical supplies difficult for some time. The economic crisis is a disaster for healthcare. Medicines and medical equipment are becoming increasingly scarce because it is more difficult to import them from abroad. Hospitals have to hope every time that they can get everything.
The fact that this exodus takes place during the corona pandemic makes it even more poignant. The hospital where Fattouh works has been hosting most of the corona patients from the start of the outbreak. “It is a huge challenge. I regularly have a specialist who is at home for at least two weeks because he or she has corona. Combined with the departure of so many doctors, it is very difficult.”
Yet he understands them all too well: “If anyone asks me for advice, I have only one answer. I say go, fly away! Anyone with a little sense can see that there is no hope here. health care and not in other areas either. “
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