Hospital needs specialists

Hospital needs specialists

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The W.Z. Johannes Hospital, the
status of which has just been elevated from a C-class to B-class
hospital, needs 16 specialists, including a neurosurgeon.

The government stipulates that a B-class hospital must have at
least 30 specialists. The Johannes Hospital currently has only 14
specialists and 16 general practitioners, including its director.

Dr. Husein Pancratius said that 10 of the GPs will be leaving
the hospital shortly because their contracts have expired, Antara
reported.

"It's the patients who will face difficulties because of the
shortage of doctors," Husein said.

Hospitals are grouped into A, B, C and D categories; A-class
hospitals are usually established in capitals of provinces. (swe)