The Department of Public Health in the Northern Marianas is considering raising the salaries of some physicians at the Commonwealth Health Center.
This comes after a series of resignations in recent months which has left positions for a pathologist, a psychiatrist and a radiologist vacant.
The acting health secretary, Pete Untalan, says in a highly competitive environment such as the medical sector, there has to be attention paid to recruitment.
Mr Untalan says the CNMI being isolated is a challenge but not having competitive salaries is a problem when recruiting.
