Official data, that's how much doctors are paid in Germany and that's it in Kosovo

According to the data, the doctors' gross (expensed) salary in Kosovo is 630 euros, until, example, in Germany, they are paid up to 4,000 euros.

Meanwhile, medical wages have increased this year in Albania to 40 percent, reaching about 651 euros. According to the Federation of Albanian Doctors in Europe, last year over 3,000 doctors have left Albania to exercise their profession in Europe, about 1,000 of them are counted in Germany.

Albania's Health Ministry has announced that for the next year health will receive most of the money from the budget, about 630m euros. Health Minister Ogerta Manastirliu has said that with some of the money covered, increased medical staff wages and the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19.

Even in northern Macedonia, medical wages have marked increases between 40 and 50 percent in the period 2017-2020, after the epidemic situation with the coronary. The basic salary of a specialist doctor in February 2021 has been around 1,800 euros. In addition to the basic salary, medical specialists receive between 300 and 400 euros per month for custody (on weekends, state holidays and night tours).

The increase in wages has also significantly reduced the departure of experts from the country, North Macedonia's Health Ministry say.

According to research done before pay hikes, 50 percent of university clinic doctors thought of leaving the country, and 61 percent of doctors working in public hospitals think about moving from the public sector to the private.