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Resident doctors' salaries in Lithuania to rise by 10% in January
BC, Vilnius, 21.12.2017.Print version
Resident doctors' salaries in Lithuania will be raised by 10% starting in January2018, writes LETA/BNS.
The government on Wednesday approved the basic salary coefficient at 3.5
for junior residents and at 4 for senior residents, the Health Ministry said.
The ministry estimates that the monthly salary of a junior resident will
rise from 390.5 euros to 463.75 euros and that of a senior resident will go up
from 497 euros to 530 euros.
The government allocated an additional 1.4 million euros in budget funds
for the pay rise.
The parliament earlier this week did not back a larger increase in resident
doctors' salaries proposed by conservative lawmakers.