AMMAN — Around 6,000 doctors working for the Ministry of
Health are waiting for the disbursement of their incentives and bonuses, which
they were promised under an agreement between the ministry and the
Jordan Medical Association (JMA) in November.
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Disbursement of the incentives and bonuses is waiting for
Parliament to approve the general draft budget bill, said JMA member Maha Fakhoury.
Approving the general state budget would allow the implementation
of the joint agreement, she added.
In November 2022,
doctors working for the Ministry of Health
called for a review of their pay and incentives, including for consultants,
specialists, qualified residents, and general practitioners, regardless of
their years of service.
They also demanded that legislative procedures be taken to amend
the sabbatical allowance reward from 35 percent to 55 percent of the total
basic salary and for the increase to be added to social security benefits. The
doctors also demanded that these requests be carried out during the first
quarter of 2023.
Member of the doctors' allowances follow-up committee, Mohammed
Bani Abdul Rahman, said that the doctors are distributed over 37 government
hospitals and more than a thousand health centers in various governorates
across the Kingdom, Khaberni reported.
He added that the doctors were previously promised to be paid some
allowances during January, adding that it was also previously agreed that a
raise would become effective in the first quarter of this year, Al-Ghad News
reported.
The agreement also stipulated the disbursement of overtime and
transportation allowances to all doctors since their appointment date, starting
January 1, 2023. It also will facilitate granting leave without pay to doctors
who hold work contracts outside the ministry and increase the number of
scholarships offered by the Ministry of Health to all specialties.
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