A Contribution to the Discussion of the Status Praesens of the Biomedical Sciences in Croatia

I would like to refer to the recent article analyzing foreign postdoctoral training of 70 Croatian fellows (1). I applaud the author’s willingness to tackle this extremely complex and sensitive issue from different aspects, as well as his effort to maintain objectiveness. However, his presentation has two apparent shortcomings. First, although the author states correctly that half of the trainees did not return to the home country, he makes no attempt to address the probable cause(s) of this phenomenon. Therefore, I take this opportunity to humbly offer a few: 1. Corruption of the system at the national, political and social level; 2. Extensive bureaucracy; 3. Scarcity of the appropriate research facilities and logistics; 4. Low salaries; and 5. Low competence level of the potential supervisors.