31/01/2026
Well described Dr!
Healthcare profession is the most hazardous work or industry in the world.
Its hazardousness is unmeasurable. For instance, in short let me highlight the top on list.
1. Stressful and prolonged years of training and practice to become Doctors and other health care professionals.
2. Prolonged working hours like 36hrs or more without having rest and sleep... occasionally even more than that.
3. Compromised social and family life due to time constraints during holidays, weekend, night duty hours....
4. Risk of transmitable or communicable diseases vertically from patients and hospital environment which might be serious enough to lead to death like Hepatitis Virus, HIV/AIDS, TB and multidrug resistant hospital acquired infectious disease.
5. Great burden, responsiblity and stress of caring for critically ill patients in a stressful environment.
6. Cumulative stressful healthcare practice which might lead to mental disorders like Major Depression and other illnesses
7. Su***de incident is highest among health professional as per various studies, more risk than other professionals.
So it is not fair to compromise health care workers overtime (duty tome) payment and ocupational risk allowance as per the civil service proclamation.
The concerned bodies should implement and pay for the health professional what was drafted on the paper by law and what they deserve as a compansation .
Otherwise it will significantly affect the quality of health care provision for our community by unmotivated and depressed health care workers.
Dr. Amare Atoma Gelalcha: MD, Assistant professor of Ophthalmology, Uvietis and ocular Inflammatory disease Subspecialist, Jimma University.
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