Meho Kovacevic (C), a 43-year-old orthopedic surgeon, participates in a surgical operation in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 18, 2015. Picture taken March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Nejra Isaretovic, a 25-year old physiotherapist from Sarajevo, is busy these days studying German and taking driving lessons -- key skills required for her new job in Germany.
Isaretovic is among thousands of nurses and physicians from across the Balkans seeking work in Western Europe, causing alarm among health officials that the countries may be left without trained medical staff in the near future.
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