Tunisia's young doctors face repression and hostile work conditions

Official data reveals that more than six thousand doctors have left over the past four years (2021-2025), averaging more than a thousand annually, due to difficult working conditions, shortages of equipment, assaults, and delayed salaries. Doctors face inhumane working hours exceeding 48 hours, along with restrictions on freedom of expression, prompting many to consider emigration as a way to escape these challenging conditions. This hemorrhaging threatens Tunisia's overall healthcare system, especially as the number of doctors contemplating leaving the country continues to rise, particularly after the government’s failure to improve the situation.

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