The Minister for Health, Permanent Secretary for Health and the Permanent Secretary for Civil Service will go to India to recruit medical specialists next month.
This was highlighted by Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum during the 2017/2018 Budget Public Consultation in Tavua.
Sayed-Khaiyum says they have to get the specialists because at the meantime they have to train people and they will not become specialists overnight as it will take five to ten years.
He says people will not have to travel to Lautoka or Suva to have specialist attention.
Sayed-Khaiyum says there was no investment and lot of good doctors had to leave.
He says that is why in last year’s budget they allocated about 80 percent salary increase for doctors.
Sayed-Khaiyum says they are also paying for government doctors who want to do post graduate studies at the Fiji National University.
The Minister says they want them to become experts.
