A doctor in Pakistan is asked to carry two emergencies at once:
The patient’s emergency in the ward,
and their own emergency outside it, bills, rent, exams, family needs, inflation, and an uncertain future.
No system can demand calm hands while creating unstable lives.
#PayRaiseForDoctors
PMDC reported that in just 2 months after its updated portal launched, 5,063 doctors and dentists applied for Good Standing Certificates, and 4,891 were issued.
PMDC itself notes these certificates are commonly needed to practice abroad, apply for jobs, or pursue further education in other countries.
That means roughly 84 applications per day.
This is not a small signal.
This is a warning sign.
When so many trained professionals are preparing their papers for opportunities outside Pakistan, the question is not:
“Why are doctors leaving?”
The real question is:
“What is making staying so difficult?”
Low pay, burnout, unsafe workplaces, delayed promotions and weak protection are pushing talent out.
If Pakistan wants doctors to stay, it must make staying worth it.
#PayRaiseForDoctors
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The physician must be freed from the anxieties of daily bread, so that his mind may be entirely devoted to the study of the patient’s condition.
#payraisefordoctors#stopfinancialmurder
📢 YDA Pakistan Official
Services
Doctors from House Officers to Professors are united in a single demand: a fair and dignified pay raise.
A single month’s salary abroad equals what we earn in an entire year in Pakistan.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
#PayRaiseForDoctors
My patient(in SHL) got denied treatment by 3 Private hospital, asked me to treat him like private patient......Like what should i do, Deny treatment and send him home too.?😂