Docs to be told where to work

Surely the market forces will determine whether it is viable to open a private practice in an already over-supplied area? If someone can be profitable in an area with other medical practitioners, then what's the problem? I personally travel over 25km to my GP because I used to live in the area and moved away and want to maintain that relationship and consistency.

If you really want doctors to practice in underserviced areas, then give them a tax deduction to go there. Easy, no law necessary.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Surely the market forces will determine whether it is viable to open a private practice in an already over-supplied area? If someone can be profitable in an area with other medical practitioners, then what's the problem? I personally travel over 25km to my GP because I used to live in the area and moved away and want to maintain that relationship and consistency.

If you really want doctors to practice in underserviced areas, then give them a tax deduction to go there. Easy, no law necessary.
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That is partially the issue here...

Our incredibly intelligent government don't seem to get that people move around, but still keep the same doctor. I've had the same doctor since I was a kid, and I now live over 20kms away... Will go out of my way to go and see him because I trust him.
 
Mr_M said:
This law is noble in that it aims to provide better medical care for all people but it was not given much thought as to the repercussions.
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The law is not noble. It is reducing freedom from individuals. It is playing with peoples' lives. That's not noble. What's noble would be govt building a few hospitals and staffing them with decently paid staff with good supplies/equipment. To force other people to do this is not noble, it's tyranny.
 
I do hope the people that were involved with this law get the very best medical treatment! I really hope so but the next vaccination will be rattex and good riddance! :D
 
Most younger doctors have huge study loans to pay off and they want to save up to start their own practice. I would offer them some kind of financial incentive, such as a government subsidy and tax rebates, to work in rural areas, rather than force them. I think many of them would really grab such an opportunity.

The argument that government may dictate working conditions of doctors who had their training subsidised by the state is interesting. Isn't that one of the things that we pay tax for: to have our, and our children's, education subsidised? In other words, isn't government merely delivering a service that taxpayers are already paying for by subsidising the training of doctors?
 
grantza said:
last question:
is serepta anywhere near stikland ?
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Not far... Stikland's nearer to Kasselsvlei/Bellville than Sarepta though, it's where Burger Fair (from the Jack Parow vid) is located
 
I want to know, since this law is idiotic, is it also relevant to those who practice in "traditional" medicine?
 
Humberto said:
Most younger doctors have huge study loans to pay off and they want to save up to start their own practice. I would offer them some kind of financial incentive, such as a government subsidy and tax rebates, to work in rural areas, rather than force them. I think many of them would really grab such an opportunity.

The argument that government may dictate working conditions of doctors who had their training subsidised by the state is interesting. Isn't that one of the things that we pay tax for: to have our, and our children's, education subsidised? In other words, isn't government merely delivering a service that taxpayers are already paying for by subsidising the training of doctors?
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There's community service for that, and internship. Never mind that in many universities students already take blood samples, assist in theater, process patient discharges, fill in all manner of forms, put up IV lines, often do actual procedures - such as suture, do LPs and so on. They don't get paid for that. And not all of that is training because playing porter for sick patients or filling in xray forms and fetching xrays afterward is not training an actual doc needs. In private hospitals phlebotomists have to be employed. This happens from the fourth year on, so 3 years of that BS for many students. Ah and never mind working for services like SHAWCO and USKOR where students see sick patients too with doc supervision.
 
Space_Chief said:
The law is not noble. It is reducing freedom from individuals. It is playing with peoples' lives. That's not noble. What's noble would be govt building a few hospitals and staffing them with decently paid staff with good supplies/equipment. To force other people to do this is not noble, it's tyranny.
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Actually this also illustrates much of what's wrong with modern leftist thinking.

This law may be considered 'noble' because of its ends which are to, supposedly, provide better healthcare. However, the implementation and the effect on individual people is not considered. As long as the ends justify the means, it's noble.

Leftists always want to control people. And always want to help the poor or the underprivileged with someone elses' lives and hands.
 
DJ... said:
The ANC: trying to force the private sector to fix their cock-ups since 1994...
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Agree!!!!!!! They cannot mange anything! Only thing they can do very well, is STEAL!
 
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