(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, DECEMBER 24 - A growing number of Greek
doctors, seeing their pay cut constantly and sometimes going
unpaid for months by the government, are heading abroad to
practice medicine and make a living. Britain, Sweden and many
other rich European countries as well as United Arab Emirates
(UAE) are some of the countries of their list as GreekReporter
website writes. This year especially, with more austerity
measures being imposed and affecting all professionals, doctors
are giving up on Greece and leaving their homeland. One of the
favored destinations is Dubai, where jobs abound and where many
rich Europeans and Arabs visit to receive high quality medical
care and services. According to an announcement released by the
Medical Association of Athens, in recent months more than 300
doctors and dentists have filled applications to move abroad in
countries such as the UK, Sweden and the UAE. In 2011, the
Medical Association of Athens issued 1,500 certificates to
residents (doctors in training) in order to work abroad and the
first six months of 2012 there were more than 1,000. (ANSAmed).
