Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>Slaying the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> zombie<br>🧐"Many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> up to 100 hours per week, more than double the 45-hour limit stipulated under the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labourlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labourlaw</span></a>, largely due to high <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/volumes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>volumes</span></a> under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a>'s 30-baht <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universalhealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universalhealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scheme</span></a>.. 455 doctors left the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> sector each year on average. With abt 24,000 doctors under the ministry, one doctor in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> serves approximately 2,000 people -- double the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHO</span></a>'s recommended ratio"<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UHC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reform</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3016865/slaying-the-healthcare-zombie" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener</span><span class="invisible">al/3016865/slaying-the-healthcare-zombie</span></a></p>