Quitting job, 'talented' doctor compensates province 655 million VND

A doctor in Quang Nam, who is part of the province's talent attraction policy, must pay 655 million VND in compensation for unilaterally terminating his contract and quitting his job at a hospital in the province.

Quang Nam General Hospital said it has just processed the resignation of doctor PXK (26 years old), working in the hospital's surgical anesthesia department.

Because Dr. K. submitted a resignation letter, unilaterally terminated his contract with the province and broke his commitment to the hospital, he had to compensate the province 597 million VND and the hospital 58 million VND.

Quang Nam General Hospital.

Previously in 2014, the People's Committee of Quang Nam province issued a decision on policies to attract talents to work at public medical facilities in the province.

The policy is applied to doctors who graduated from regular universities at Hanoi Medical University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, and Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Accordingly, excellent doctors will receive 250 million VND, good doctors will receive 230 million VND, average doctors will receive 200 million VND.

Masters and CKI doctors will receive 300 million VND, resident doctors and CKII doctors 350 million VND and PhDs 500 million VND.

In addition, the "talents" also received 100 million VND in support to buy land to build houses.

A doctor must pay compensation for violating a contract in the policy of attracting talents to work at public health facilities. In the photo: doctors at a Quang Nam General Hospital treat a patient.

In 2016, Dr. K. worked at Quang Nam General Hospital according to the decision and signed a contract with the Quang Nam Department of Home Affairs to work at this hospital for 12 years.

This doctor received a support amount of 350 million VND from the province according to the policy (250 million VND is the incentive for graduating from university with honors and 100 million VND is to support buying land for housing).

Doctor K. was also sent by the hospital to study surgical anesthesia in Ho Chi Minh City.

According to the contract, if the doctor violates the commitment, he will have to pay double compensation.

Therefore, by unilaterally terminating the contract, Dr. K. had to compensate the above amount of 655 million.

Currently, doctor PXK has transferred 597 million VND to the provincial budget.

According to Tuoi Tre Newspaper