Disillusioned over low pay and difficult working conditions, more than 11,500 doctors left Egypt’s public health sector between 2019 and 2022.
CAIRO — When a hospital in Britain offered Mohamed a new job in 2020, he didn’t have to think twice: The proposed salary was 40 times higher than what he was making at home.
at 7.09 for every 10,000 people, well below its minimum recommendation of 10. The figure is 35 in the United States and double that in Sweden. But Egypt also lags behind some poorer nations, like Algeria and Bolivia . In Egypt, all medical graduates are mandated to work in the government sector for at least three, but up to five, years until they become specialists and can leave for better-paying work in private facilities.During that time, they are paid 2,000 to 4,000 Egyptian pounds per month, a sum that has significantly decreased in value amid soaring prices and a recent currency devaluation.
Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told The Post that Egypt has 5,426 primary-care units throughout the country, but only around half of them are “well-equipped,” with basic services such as radiology and a lab. But efforts to make jobs in the industry more sustainable are not coming fast enough. And the shortage of medical staff in wealthier countries has made it simpler than ever for doctors in Egypt — and across the developing world — to find positions in Europe, the Persian Gulf region and the United States.“It is more than easy for doctors in Egypt to leave,” said Ahmad Diaa, 34, an internal medicine resident in a Chicago hospital. “This is a problem that the government is not paying attention to.
Late last year, Egypt’s Health Ministry opened several night clinics where doctors can work to earn additional income.
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