“Tunisian doctors and engineers are heading to Europe in their thousands!” The Deanship of Physicians and Engineers in Tunisia warns of a drain of talent and empty hospitals!

صحافة بلادي — Shocking numbers announced by professional bodies in Tunisia revealed that thousands of young doctors, specialist doctors, and engineers in media and renewable energies leave the country annually, in search of better working conditions and professional and social stability abroad.

Hospitals in the Tunisian internal regions are without specialist doctors

The Tunisian Deanship of Physicians explained that more than 80% of newly graduated doctors choose to emigrate, leaving many regional hospitals in Kasserine, Sidi Bouzid, Gafsa and Jendouba suffering from a terrible shortage of resuscitation, obstetrics and surgical doctors.

The economic crisis and the deterioration of purchasing power are behind the departure of the elites

Tunisian researchers attributed this unprecedented bleeding to the freeze in wages, the deterioration of the value of the Tunisian dinar, and the absence of prospects for scientific research and technological investment.

Available field data and indicators confirm that these rapid developments are being closely monitored by various institutional and professional actors, given their direct connection to the current economic and social challenges, and the continuous coordination they require to ensure the effectiveness of interventions and achieve a tangible impact on the ground.

In the same context, observers and specialists agree that the current stage requires continuing to value the gains achieved and accelerating the pace of implementing programs governed according to standards of good governance, transparency, and linking responsibility to accountability, in a way that responds to the aspirations of citizens and enhances the competitiveness and immunity of vital sectors.