VILNIUS - - In the West, doctors are among the highest-paid professionals. In Lithuania, a doctor is lucky to make more than a bus driver. While doctors can supplement their incomes by working at private clinics, the average salary for a doctor working in a public hospital in Lithuania, the Ministry of Health estimates, generously, is around $400 per month. According to the daily Vakarines Naujienos, a typical bus driver's salary averages 1,528 litas ($382) per month."I think extremely low salaries are a very serious problem for all of the former Soviet Union," said Arturas Slobinas, a hema...
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