Apparently, the working conditions at the hospitals have massively deteriorated for the young residents. For many, the 50-hour week is at the limit of what is feasible. The work involved can no longer be performed by several in the time allotted. Chief physicians instruct their assistants not to report their overtime, otherwise he – the chief – would get into trouble with the hospital director or even with the legislator.
The pressure is apparently so great that the exploited physicians are no longer able to fight back on their own. They seek protection from their union, as do construction tradesmen and kitchen workers in the hospitality industry. Individual physicians rarely fight back locally for their rights. They rely on the VSAO, which even complains in public about the unfortunate conditions. And the bosses? Do they stand up for their colleagues within the hospital management?
The pressure that has built up with DRGs also seems to have turned many of them into “fist in the bag” type doctors. On the outside, everything seems to be in order. How much longer? Why, actually? Physicians are in short supply. They still behave today as they did during the doctors’ plethora: subservient and believing in authority. Might this have something to do with the selection process? Are the compliant ones selected? Is training turning us physicians into streamlined care providers?
In Bern, the plan is to use the plane even more in the future. The Federal Council has already created six offices to determine directly in Bern which service providers should earn how much and where in Switzerland. The single health insurance fund is intended to help with this.
Are you happy that the state is standing up for you? As an entrepreneur, you no longer need to worry about the future. You become a carefree provider of services to the government-run single-payer health insurance system. It is a pity that in the future the independent profession of doctors will no longer exist, but only servile state service providers!
By the way… I remain a physician and will not mutate into either a provider or a caregiver!
