“Wyborcza” obtained information about doctors' salaries. From July 1, the basic salary of a full-time doctor will be at least PLN 13,000. PLN, and nurses – PLN 11.5 thousand. zloty. The National Health Fund does not have money for raises, and the Ministry of Health does not have a bill that could stop the salary increase.
The newspaper's journalists checked how much doctors earn in the province. Silesian. The amounts depend on the place, type of contract and specialization. 18 thousand PLN is the maximum remuneration of a surgeon at the Pediatric Hospital in Bielsko-Biała. 29 thousand PLN 588 – average salary of an internist at the Municipal Hospital in Ruda Śląska. 63 thousand PLN maximum salary of the head in hospitals subordinated to the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship. These are gross salaries for those employed under an employment contract
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These are the salaries of some doctors employed on contracts: PLN 24,000. PLN 960 – average salary in the pulmonary diseases and tuberculosis ward at the Silesian Hospital in Cieszyn, PLN 84,000. PLN 674 – maximum earnings of a cardiac surgeon at the Upper Silesian Medical Center. Prof. Leszek Giec in Katowice, PLN 172,000. PLN 755 – maximum remuneration for a dentist with specialization at the Provincial Specialist Hospital No. 2 in Jastrzębie-Zdrój.
“Wyborcza” points out that many hospitals refused to provide information on doctors' earnings. Such high earnings may be due to, among others: due to staff shortages and the need to work large numbers of hours. The daily gives the example of a doctor who worked 4,881 hours in one year. In some facilities, remuneration depends not on the number of hours worked, but on the value of procedures performed during work.
There are myths about doctors' earnings. “I don't get that much”
There are myths about doctors' high earnings. According to “GW” – more than 100 thousand. In Poland, only 400 to 800 doctors out of approximately 200,000 people earn PLN a month. practicing — according to data from the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification.
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A doctor from Warsaw: – There is still a discussion about why we earn so much and why we are greedy. But the famous invoices for PLN 100,000 PLN per mille applies to doctors who perform highly valued, very specialized procedures. I don't get that much – we read in “GW”.
