Doctors from Kamensk-Shakhtinsky hospital claim shortage of personnel amid pandemic

In Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, medical officers from the city hospital who demanded the dismissal of the new head physician, filed letters of resignation. They claimed a significant reduction in their remuneration, despite the additional payments promised by Vladimir Putin for the treatment of coronavirus-infected patients.

As a result of the personnel crisis, there will be no medical officers to treat patients at the Kamenskaya Central City Hospital, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learned from Georgy Medvedev, the head of the surgical ward. "There are six doctors in the surgical ward for 10 positions, and in September, two more specialists are likely to quite. We will not be able to provide adequate medical assistance to the population with the remaining personnel. Our specialists decided to work until September, but if the situation does not improve, they will quite," the head of the surgical ward emphasized.

With the appointment of the new head physician, medical officers of the Kamenskaya City Hospital began to quit en masse "in connection with the created situation, which was unhealthy morally and psychologically, unhealthy personnel [policy], and unhealthy financial situation," the doctors declared in a video appeal posted on July 30 in the public account of the local newspaper "Pik" on the social network "VKontakte". "During this period, the remunerations of doctors at the COVID hospital, not to mention the nurses, have fallen by about half, and according to the statements of our administration, the remunerations will decrease further," said on the video appeal Georgy Medvedev, the head of the surgical ward.

Georgy Medvedev explained that the medical personnel demanded the dismissal of the head physician of the city hospital.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 4, 2020 at 02:20 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.