The United Arab Emirates has offered higher payment to Israeli doctors who want to leave the country and has promised to give three times the salary of Israel, in addition to other benefits.
In a report made last Monday, it was stated that since a number of medical specialists have discussed moving abroad due to the judicial reforms of the Netanyahu government, the official authorities of the United Arab Emirates have tried to attract Israeli doctors to their country.
According to Channel 12 News, thousands of doctors seeking advice on moving abroad have joined an online chat group, and some have received lucrative offers to stay in the UAE.
In the report, it was said that these proposals were made by the official sources of the UAE and Bahrain, who consider the chaos in Israel and the desire to leave the country as an opportunity.
According to the report, the terms of the proposals put forward by the UAE include salaries three times the salary standard in Israel, educational opportunities for doctors’ children, and a “golden visa” for long-term residency, among other benefits.
In the report, it was said that Israeli doctors have shown strong interest in these proposals.
Also, groups of doctors have discussed residency in countries such as the United States, Portugal, New Zealand, and Canada.
The possibility of doctors leaving the country has worried the Israeli medical authorities.
Last week, Moshe Bar Siman-Tau, director general of the Ministry of Health, called an emergency meeting with doctors, urging them not to “give up hope” in Israel’s public medical system.
“I know there’s a lot of debate today and a lot of hurt feelings, and that’s understandable,” he said. Instinctive reactions to the subject are also understandable. Despite this, everyone knows that we don’t have any other country except this one, and we don’t have any other medical system either.”
He added, “I really think that none of us can give up hope, not from the country, not from the system. “We are the foundation of social solidarity in Israel and show that it is possible to live, work, and care for each other here.”
A WhatsApp chat group for doctors seeking advice on moving to foreign countries was created after the law limiting government surveillance was passed last week, and so far at least 3,000 doctors have joined.
The Israel Medical Association staged a one-day strike last week in response to the passage of a law that ended the powers of courts to overturn cabinet and ministerial decisions based on their “unreasonableness,” leaving state-run medical institutions with minimal staff. Hours later, a “labor” court ordered the medical workers to return to work.
