The healthcare people have been claiming an urgent improvement for their working conditions. Especially for the issue of guards, although it is not the only problem they face. For most, wages are not up to it, and this is one of the reasons why many of them decide to try their luck abroad.
A 31 -year -old ophthalmologist specializing in oculoplastic surgery, interviewed by the YouTube channel ‘About Life’, presented a very clear example of these salary differences suffered by doctors compared to other countries. And he assured that, 2 years ago, when she was interviewed, an ophthalmologist could charge in England about 500,000 euros a year.
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“It depends a lot on the country you are going to work on. For example, an ophthalmologist in England can bill 500,000 a year between public and private. That in Spain is practically impossible or equal is within a few Private sphere, ”he explained.
The most frustrating part of his work are “the low wages in Spain”
This young ophthalmologist specialized in oculoplastic surgery and was working between Spain and France for several years. “Then I wanted to specialize within ophthalmology in oculoplastic surgery and made a Fellowship in London for a year and a half. I have been traveling and living in several places and now I am back in Spain,” he explained, this being the reason why he knows well the salaries that these professionals perceive in the United Kingdom.
So, already in Spain, he explained that he worked both in public and private health: “They are different because public health because you find some more complex cases, the type of patient is different. And private health because of course, it is already something as much more concrete, they are patients who want solution to something, also more of the aesthetic type. So I think it is a good balance because you do a little of everything. happy.
Asked about the most frustrating part of her work, she returned to the issue of wages: “The low wages that exist in Spain for doctors, that is the first. And then not everyone is grateful to your work.” Despite this, he meant to medical students that “it is worth it”, even if it is “very sacrificed”: “If you have enough will and discipline, you can do what you want.”