Young doctors faced with limited opportunities could head to the EU

Meanwhile, some 60,000 doctor's positions could open in EU countries in the coming years, as a new EU directive prohibits doctors from working more than 48 hours a week. "According to my estimates, around one third of practicing doctors aged 25 to 35 could leave Poland following EU accession," says Adam Kozierkiewicz, author of the 'System of Evaluating Doctors' Work' report. "More than half of all graduates who completed postgraduate internships, are unable to enter specialties in Poland. On top of this, there is the chaos in the health care sector and no hope of a quick fix to the situation," says Konstaty Radziwiłł, president of the National Doctors' Chamber. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) T.J.