We pride ourselves on having some of the best health and social care available worldwide, and this is undoubtedly the case, yet we may not realise that this could make our eventual decline even greater and tougher to tolerate and accept. As a society we must come to realise that we cannot simultaneously maintain a hostile approach to foreign workers and their families, and yet expect to go to a hospital, clinic or home for the elderly and presume to find the adequate number of nurses present. We cannot afford to snob workers coming from one college u or niversity instead of another, and we definitely cannot afford to keep make iting difficult for foreign workers in the profession to settle in Malta together with their families. We cannot afford to take for granted the staff that have remained in the caring profession, instead of acknowledging the sacrifices of the last two years. It is not enough for us to acknowledge this issue, the staffing shortages we are experiencing are a matter of national concern and we cannot afford to sit idly by. It is only due to the outcry lead by The Malta Chamber that one of the more overt attempts to poach our staff was stopped by government intervention earlier this month. And besides all this, to add insult to injury, other countries have chosen our 'English speaking' country to poach our trained staff. Besides the negative financial eeffect, the long hours and burnout due to staff shortages in practically every department have led people to opt for other, less demanding, and less draining professions. The excessive increase in operating costs and the reduction in potential income due to the Covid 19 restrictions (still being imposed) have been felt by most. Whether one is in management, a medical professional, or a health employee, the last two years have taken their toll. For over two years those working in the industry have gone from one ordeal to another, both physically and mentally, so it is no wonder that any profession in health has lost its attraction. The health industry has just gone through one of the toughest periods of all time.
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