Financial incentive for Quebec surgeons to get to work on time
Quebec’s health minister says he is “scandalized” that surgeons and anesthesiologists get bonuses just for arriving at work by 8 o’clock in the morning.
But Gaetan Barrette said Friday he can’t do anything about the policy because the money comes out of an overall budget and that it is up to doctors to determine how it is spent.
Ironically, Barrette was head of the federation representing specialist doctors in 2010 when the deal was struck.
Le Journal de Montreal reported Friday the province’s surgeons and anesthesiologists shared $86.1 million over the past three years for getting to work on time in the morning and staying later in the afternoon.