Media in BiH have reported that in recent weeks about 700 medical workers have taken sick leave, 300 of them from the Sarajevo University Clinical Centre, bringing calls for investigations.
As many as 101 primary care doctors at the Health Centre, which runs outpatient clinic throughout Sarajevo, also went on sick leave in March at the height of the coronavirus epidemic, according to media reports. A total of 148 medical staff took sick leave at the Health Centre in the same period.
Sebija Izetbegovic, the director of the Sarajevo University Clinical Centre, warned that the problem is serious and threatens the collapse of the healthcare system.
