On 08/02/06, Edward Verdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:51:25 pmIANS ] > > LONDON: They came, they saw, they became depressed - that, in short, is the > story of thousands of young unemployed doctors from the Indian subcontinent > in Britain, hoping against hope to get a job in the National Health Service > (NHS).
URL: http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,399537,00.html German Brain Drain Sick of Bad Pay, Doctors Flee Germany By Udo Ludwig German doctors are packing their scalpels and seeking their fortunes abroad, lured by the prospect of far higher pay and driven away by stifling bureaucracy in their country's health service. A young doctor at Berlin's prestigious Charite hospital distributes leaflets in a Berlin book store during a demonstration. A little tower adorns the roof, and ivy surrounds the entrance to the elegant manor house in the northern English town of Chorley. From outside, there is nothing to indicate that Euxton Hall is a working hospital rather than a place of contemplation, tea and bridge. If it weren't for the old man on crutches struggling to get into a taxi with the help of a nurse. Markus Fröhling, 49, the hospital's orthopedic surgeon, watches the scene. "Patients in England are tougher than in Germany," he says. In Germany a patient would have insisted on being taken home in an ambulance, he's sure of that. Fröhling keeps noticing differences between the British and German health systems. In Euxton Hall hospital, an hour's drive north of Manchester, the walls are covered with flower-patterned tapestries, there's a cappuccino machine for guests, everything appears welcoming and civilized. Above all, it's quiet, there's a very British atmosphere of calm. "You'll never get a bellowing chief physician around here," says Fröhling, and he looks relieved about that............................... Read the whole article click on the URL shown at the start! -- Peace be with you! Gabe Menezes. London, England
