Doctors must work harder says minister

Medical specialists will have to work harder and longer if they want to maintain their earning levels in the future, health minister Hans Hoogervoorst said at a conference in Amsterdam. Outlining his vision of the health service in 2020, Hoogervoorst said specialists now work an average of 180 days a year which was a waste of human capital.

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