{"id":33967,"date":"2022-04-06T13:23:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T11:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33967"},"modified":"2022-04-06T13:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T11:56:08","slug":"number-of-nurses-fleeing-almost-equal-to-licenses-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/number-of-nurses-fleeing-almost-equal-to-licenses-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of nurses fleeing Albania almost equal to licenses issued"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of nurses fleeing Albania in 2021 was almost equal to the number of licenses issued to practice this profession.<\/p>\n

The pandemic seems to have toned down the phenomenon, but only to be tripled in the past year.<\/p>\n

Matilda Gremi completed her nurse degree in Albania, but in 2019 she decided to leave for Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe working conditions I saw while doing my internship made me choose this path. Starting from the most basic things, such as lack of gloves and medication\u201d, says Matilda.<\/p>\n

Today she works as a nurse in the Emergency Room at a German hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first moment was very different, it had nothing to do with the conditions I saw in Albania. I have a work contract for 38.5 hours a week, so I get the weekend off\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n

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Bar chart showing number of nurses fleeing Albania for studying or working purposes \/ Euronews Albania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Germany is the most coveted country for practicing young nurses. The job has an average salary starting from \u20ac2,900 a month meanwhile, the average gross salary in Albania is \u20ac540.<\/p>\n

Currently, Albania has around 24,000 licensed nurses, of which only 17,000 are employed.<\/p>\n

Hospitals have some 262 vacant positions, a figure reportedly higher than in the previous year.<\/p>\n

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