Health service could buckle as doctors and nurses prepare to go abroad

"The situation is recognized as very critical. The ones that leave are young doctors who just completed their studies, or specialist doctors," said Iwona Reszke from the Supreme Medical Council. There are currently about 100,000 doctors across the country. Nurses are also leaving and the lack of nurses is likely to hit hospitals first. The health service needs at least 300,000 nurses, as compared to the existing 250,000. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.