An allowance for scarcity and privilege for military doctors and the expected increase of 18%. A number of female doctors and doctors working in military health jobs confirmed that they did not know the full details of the new military health salary scale, due to the delay in issuing its data, after it was applied to their counterparts in the civil service three years ago. They added, after the Council of Ministers approved the salary scale for military health jobs, in the attached form of the decision, that they are waiting for an acceleration of housing and for female doctors to retire with a full salary, since they are partners in family integration.
Stressing that the recommendation of the Standing Committee of the Supreme Economic Council was made after a comprehensive study of the military health facilities and the identification of the most prominent demands of the military health personnel and how to match the new salary scale with their functional competence.
In this context, Dr. Mishari Faraj Al-Otaibi, Director of the Security Forces Center in the Holy Capital, revealed to “Okaz”, saying that we are military personnel, the issue passed through several committees until it reached a clear perception in terms of the difference in my treatment as an officer or a doctor, as many studies were conducted and it is expected that it will increase 18 Per cent for what the civil doctor deserves.
Al-Otaibi stressed that the new ladder will have new allowances such as scarcity allowance and excellence allowance, as it will reach 30%, where the allowance for excellence will contribute to creativity by distinguishing the hardworking doctor from the ordinary doctor, as creativity and diligence will have a greater incentive in terms of his diligence and creativity, as there will be a training allowance. And education, in the past, the doctor used to take full time only, but now he will have an allowance ranging between 10 to 30 percent.
Al-Otaibi explained what we are afraid of is the issue of housing, where we demand the speed of housing in proportion to the sites according to the testimony, classification and military rank, because there will be a difference between a consultant captain and a colonel of a general practitioner in terms of certificates and others, and what worries us that the study is prolonged as we demand that it be completed as soon as possible .
For his part, Colonel Muhammad Al-Ghamdi, the media spokesperson for the Border Guard in the Eastern Region, explained that the royal decision to pay allowances for military health jobs, similar to civilian health jobs, includes all military sectors, including the border guards who own some health facilities, adding that the border guards in the eastern region It does not own large health facilities, as there is a department for medical affairs, while the Prince Muhammad bin Nayef Medical Center was opened in Riyadh two weeks ago, and it is a center that includes many health departments, indicating that the eastern border guards own housing units, but they are not intended for medical personnel, as they are distributed To all employees of the border guards.
For his part, Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. Nasser Al-Harbi explained that the decision was not satisfied with approving the salary regulations for health facilities employees in military hospitals, but also providing housing for medical doctors and dentists, and until the housing authorities were provided, the decision requested finding housing through the items allocated for rent, provided that The rent value does not exceed fifty thousand riyals, and Al-Harbi pointed out that the ladder, regulations and housing for employees of military health facilities is a qualitative leap and new job advantages for workers, which will be a strong support for workers in excellence and to show the greatest efforts to serve the country in military health facilities.
On the other hand, a number of female doctors working in health affairs at the National Guard Hospital and King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital welcomed the approval of the Council of Ministers to equal salaries for civilian military health jobs, considering that the decision is positive for the medical services provided by doctors, while the female doctors explained to “Okaz” “Their work in these hospitals far from the military ranks that are limited to doctors, while female doctors work in the civil system, looking forward to the issuance of a decision to pay the full salary after retirement.
In turn, the pediatric neurology consultant at the Guard Hospital, Dr. Maha Qashlan, explained that the decision is good and that doctors working in military health jobs have the right to equate them with their civilian counterparts, but Dr. Qashlan is looking forward to a decision that includes calculating retirement on the whole salary with allowances and benefits without deducting it, similar to the female workers on the employment program Because inequality makes her feel frustrated, she adds that it is my right as a doctor after retirement to guarantee a salary that provides me with a decent life at a certain level, and she says in the event that the retirement decision is issued on the entire salary of female doctors, it will be in the interest of women who are witnessing development decisions in all fields.
Samira Adham, a consultant endocrinologist and diabetes at King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, agrees with the previous opinion, saying the decision is positive and they are entitled as military doctors to equate them with civilians, and she looks forward to the issuance of a decision to retire female doctors on the full salary because the salary after retirement makes me fear for my social life in the future. While the consultant of endocrinology and pediatric diabetes at the National Guard Hospital, Dr. Najia Abdullah Attia hopes that a decision will be issued that equates the retirement system for women with men, where she says we hope for equality in job benefits between doctors and female doctors, especially that the working woman has become today a partner and breadwinner for the family as an economic source, and we are actually looking for retirement on the full salary and re Considering the retirement system is equal to men, as a female doctor performs the same duties as a doctor and is covered by the shift system. Retirement on the full salary is the most basic right of female doctors....
