uruguay healthcare – Global Health Intelligence – Healthcare Market Insights for Emerging Markets https://globalhealthintelligence.com The leading source for hospital data and market intelligence across Latin America and Asia. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:25:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://globalhealthintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-Profile-32x32.png uruguay healthcare – Global Health Intelligence – Healthcare Market Insights for Emerging Markets https://globalhealthintelligence.com 32 32 Uruguay: Doctors migrating to Uruguay for practice https://globalhealthintelligence.com/news/uruguay-doctors-migrating-to-uruguay-for-practice/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:44:09 +0000 https://globalhealthintelligence.com/?p=5844/ According to the report by the Medical Union of Uruguay, the country has become a recipient for foreign medical professionals. Doctors are migrating from countries like Cuba.

The report requested the government to consider the policies for allowing better distribution of professionals in locations deprived of specialists. Two migratory waves were observed in Uruguay; one during the dictatorship and the other during the economic crisis in 2002. However, the situation seems to have reversed with very few doctors migrating to other countries in search of better working conditions.

According to the Medical Union there is zero unemployment in the sector, yet 7% and 10% of Uruguayan doctors work abroad. The majority travel to Spain (51.7%) followed by Chile (24.4%). With the reversal of situation, doctors from other nations are moving to Uruguay for work, especially from Venezuela, Cuba and Pakistan.

 

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