Health Minister: Foreigners to make up for lacking Czech medical staff

The Health Ministry is considering inviting citizens of the new EU countries to fill vacancies in the Czech Republic's health sector. Health Minister Tomas Julinek said that another chance of making up for the lacking staff would be a re-training of employees. Czech medical facilities already employ many nurses and doctors from Slovakia and countries in Eastern Europe. Czech doctors and nurses often head for Britain and Germany in search of higher incomes.