Head of doctors’ association: female doctors less committed

The head of Czech doctors’ association, Milan Kubek, said that female physicians performed worse than male doctors. Speaking before the health committee of Parliament’s lower house, Mr Kubek said that “feminization” was the second biggest cause behind the crisis of the Czech health care system, followed by the increasing age of Czech doctors and their retirement. Mr Kubek said that female physicians’ work commitment was lower than men’s due to their family duties. Several female doctors among MPs as well as other physicians criticized Mr Kubek’s statement, while some other Czech physicians told the daily Mladá fronta Dnes that the doctors’ leader did have a point. The Czech Republic has one of the highest numbers of female doctors of all OECD countries, with 52.7 percent female physicians.