Health Sector Crisis: Recruitment of 4000 Agents Not Enough to Address Shortage
The Secretary General of the National Coordination of Health Professionals, Chokri Mabrouki, stated on Sunday that the expected recruitment of 4000 agents and executives in the health sector will not fill the glaring shortage that the sector is suffering from.
Facing a sector trapped between a brain drain of medical professionals to foreign countries and the retirement of several of them, the head of the coordination called for a clear strategy, far from half-measures and deceptive palliatives.
In a statement to the TAP agency, on the occasion of a consultation meeting organized by the coordination at the headquarters of its local branch in Béja, Mabrouki emphasized that the health sector is a sovereign sector closely linked to national security, regretting that it has become a marginalized sector governed by a set of obsolete laws.
Faced with the deplorable situation that the health sector is enduring, the official called for the need to keep the health sector out of political wrangling and to work to meet the needs of health professionals as soon as possible, and to follow up on the proposed reform strategy on May 6, 2025.
He also indicated that the sector is facing several difficulties, including attacks on health professionals, calling for the need to disseminate awareness messages about combating violence within health establishments, to raise awareness and continuously train health agents, particularly in communication techniques, and to accelerate the publication of the implementing texts of Law No. 32 and the organic law on the health sector.
