On Physio salary.

曾蔭權特首：
薪酬報告
繼續(已十年)歧視物理治療師

本人於05年 閣下參選特首時，向 閣下提出：

(1)香港人長壽，越來越多香港人面對軟組織受傷，退化勞損…..等問題，他們需要物理治療多於止痛藥。

(2)(當時)有大量物理治療醫師在政府部門和醫管局未能找到工作，使大量畢業治療醫師轉行，每年浪費公帑達億圓。至今香港的醫療政策，未有正視市民對物理治療醫師的巨大需求，物理治療醫師普遍士氣低落。

沙士期間威爾斯醫院胸肺科治療師，病房物理治療醫師及深切治療部物 理治療醫師，冒死穩守崗位成為香港默默耕耘，但不為人知的醫師。回歸十年期間，香港曾經歷經濟下滑，物理治療醫師亦支持政府減薪。

但 閣下知否：物理治療醫師達到學位水平已經十年了，但其薪酬仍然停留在14點 (未達大學學位薪級)，真是同「醫」不同命-----政府帶頭歧視物理治療醫 師！如果香港再有沙士，夠膽而有能力在醫院病房及深切治療部替病人清肺 救命的，相信仍然只有物理治療醫師！

物理治療醫師的獨特性，是香港西醫和其他行業無法取代的，社會對我們的需求持續膨脹。但三年來我們都不覺得政府和醫管局有重視過物理治療醫師弁遄A(閣下一定不知道有些治療師在醫管局每天治療60個病人以上；在星加坡每名醫師平均治療19病人。)香港物理治療醫師面對嚴重不合理的工作量。

今天政府沒有把物理治療師回復應有的大學學位薪級，必定大大打擊物 理治療醫師的士氣，陰乾物理治療的發展，損害香港市民利益，這樣的薪酬待遇，相信連本平機會也認為不公平！ 請立即還我們學位薪級入職點。

祝身體健康！

副本周一嶽局長
李國麟議員
香港物理治療學會 劉慕儀會長

各物理治療部門 黃燦鴻第二屆選委
(香港物理治療師工會會長)
2007年6月20日


This is a letter from the Hong Kong Physiotherapy union addressed to Chief executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, on the low salary for physiotherapists in Hong Kong. Someone was there to actually protest and voice it out! How about Singapore? Is the government aware of the lack of resources here in our healthcare system? I assume they do but are they pumping in enough money for it? I doubt so. Political issues might lie in the way; I really didn't do much research on that. Maybe, this serves as a start for me to dig into the problem.

The only institution that is offering Physiotherapy in Singapore is opening up 40 more spaces (from 40 to 80) in the following year. I am really sceptical about their preparation to accommodate for the increasing number of students. Being studied there for a few months, I realised that NYP faced a problem in the lack of resources. School, in my opinion, is most important to guide us on what we should learn; not just to teach. Lacking of good professors and equipments might disinterest students and put it in a possible of not being capable of sparking off interests for students that didn’t choose Physiotherapy as their “first choice”. Physiotherapy is such a high demand course that require huge amount of concentration and passion. One must possess great interest to soar high in this field. Be smart. Be creative. Explore. That’s make us all.

Back to the point about salary pay, if the starting pay for physiotherapists in HK hospital authority is SG3800 and SG10-15k for senior physiotherapists and they are complaining and protesting about it, how about Singapore? The cost of living in both countries are nearly the same, I seriously need an explanation for this huge difference.
“It goes the same for all” “Hong Kong is a money-making place.” Really? Why are there so many HK physiotherapists in Singapore? They prefer the better environment here? They love this place?