The Rural Doctors Society on its Facebook page slammed the new rules. It said temporary staff must be hired at the minimum legal pay rate and on a fiscal yearly basis, or within a permitted time period. They want the Public Health minister to take responsibility for the May 2017 Cabinet resolution on which the new rules are based. Administrators of the popular Facebook page “Drama-addict” said the new rules would harm rural hospitals because more personnel would move to private hospitals. The admninistrators pointed out that hospitals commonly cover manpower shortages by hiring temporary staff using donated money or leftover budget funds they weren’t required to return to state coffers.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 23, 2018 05:15 UTC