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A growing number of doctors, nurses and other medical workers are experiencing an unexpected ripple effect from the deadly coronavirus outbreak gripping the globe: They’re calling it pandemic pay cuts.
As hospitals scale back non-emergency operations and treatments to prepare for an onslaught of coronavirus patients, they’re also slashing hours, cutting pay and benefits for the workers who perform those jobs in a desperate bid to stem revenue losses.
Doctors and other health care workers, who across the board requested anonymity because their bosses have imposed strict policies against talking to media, say the trend is leaving hospitals with fewer staff and lower capacity, even as public health officials warn a surge in patients could be coming and urge retired doctors and others to volunteer to serve in COVID-19 hotspots.
Our health provider has closed and consolidated medical offices. Our general practitioner’s office is closed and she is doing telephone appointments only. I have no idea where I would go to see my doctor after the pandemic resolves.
Does a physician in general practice doing telephone consultations have their pay cut. And even if things get back to normal will the providers rely more and more on remote patient physician appointments to reduce overhead and salaries?
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