Salaries of healthcare workers are growing. This is partly due to bonuses for treating COVID-19 patients. Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that even when the number of COVID-19 cases goes down, it is necessary to try to maintain the existing level of salaries.
Lukashenko visits Mogilev Oblast Hospital
MOGILEV, 15 December (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko paid a visit to Mogilev Oblast Hospital during his trip to Mogilev on 15 December, BelTA has learned.
The head of state got familiar with the operation of the medical institution, including medical assistance to coronavirus patients. Chief doctor of the hospital Anatoly Kulik told Aleksandr Lukashenko that a cardiac surgery unit is being built on the territory of the hospital. It is planned that the new unit will be commissioned in November 2021.
According to the chief doctor, the medical institution employs some 1,500 specialists. Some 350 out of 853 beds have been allocated for coronavirus patients. At present 108 of them are vacant. “A decline in COVID-19 cases has been registered over the past week,” the chief doctor said.