Khaberni - Jordanian doctors have caught up with engineers after the exposure of both unions’ pension fund and cut in pension salaries for doctors and engineers, amidst dissatisfaction with the performance of previous councils that did not take preventive measures.
A member of the Medical Association Council, Tareq Al-Khatib, said in radio statements, that the union is facing a financial deficit in its fund amounting to 45 million dinars in Amman and Jerusalem centers.
During the last council, the doctors resorted to the Social Security Corporation to conduct an actuarial study to determine the necessary measures to stop the financial deficit.
The monthly requirements of the doctors’ pension fund for paying salaries are 1.3 million dinars, while the monthly revenues range between 400,000 and 700,000 dinars, leading to a monthly deficit ranging between 500,000 and 600,000 dinars.
Al-Khatib explained that the Medical Association finds it difficult to disburse full salaries to doctors, and the current solution is limited to disbursing half the salary with some exceptions.
