As part of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.\u2019s recruitment and retention plan, the hospital now has 33 physicians, with 10 newly recruited doctors joining the hospital pool, according to CHCC\u2019s chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a told Saipan Tribune that eight midlevel providers assist the 33 physicians.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be fully staffed by next month,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a said that seven physicians are Internal Medicine doctors, six are pediatricians, four are in emergency medicine, three are general surgeons, three are anesthesiologists, one is a nephrologist, three are for OB\/GYN, one is a psychiatrist, four are family practitioners for each facility on Tinian, Rota, the Kagman Community Health Center, and CHC, and one is a gastroenterologist.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are now focusing on providing specialist care for our residents. CHCC is seeking options for providing this care via agreements with medical groups from off-island,\u201d Mu\u00f1a said.<\/p>\n
According to her, CHCC\u2019s still needs specialists in orthopedics, cardiology, oncology, and neurosurgery.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a did note that recruitment is more costly than retention and that replacing physicians varies but can cost up to $50,000 per recruitment.<\/p>\n
In related news, despite the challenges of hiring more staff for the hospital, CHCC has been hiring more nurses.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hire from the Philippines, U.S, and locally,\u201d Mu\u00f1a said.<\/p>\n
She noted that they would be having a strategic planning this Aug. 6 and 7 and that the corporation board has been invited to attend the session.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a said that they would be using this session to plan on how to meet the mounting healthcare needs of the CNMI as well as the staffing of the hospital. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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