Monday, March 25 2019 16:13

ArmInfo.Since January 1, 2019, salaries in polyclinics have been significantly increased. On March 25, Armenian Deputy Minister of Healthcare Arsen Davtyan stated this during a meeting of the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Health  and Social Issues.  He noted that from August 2018, the salary of  outpatient clinics employees was raised by 25-30% and since January  2019, wages have been raised by another 15%.

However, Davtyan pointed out the problems. In particular, according  to him, the maternity hospital in Gyumri is in a deplorable state. As  noted by the Deputy Minister, in this hospital there is no necessary  medical equipment, not even a sonograph, which is necessary for  examining pregnant women. "The maternity hospital building also has  terrible conditions, all of which is connected with financial  problems.  And this is against the background of a constant decline  in the birth rate in Gyumri," said Davtyan, adding that the Ministry  increased funding for the maternity hospital in 2019.

In turn, another Deputy Healthcare Minister, Lena Nanushyan, noted  that there is a serious shortage of personnel in the regional medical  institutions. According to her, at the moment there are about 200  vacancies in regional medical institutions, especially there are not  enough anesthetists and resuscitators. "In order to eliminate the  problem of shortage of doctors in the regions of the country,  representatives of the Ministry of Healthcare, in the framework of  the state order conclude contracts with the residents, so that the  latter, after graduation, got a job in the regions," the Deputy  Minister stressed.  She also noted that the doctors of Yerevan  medical centers will be sent to the regions for a period of three  months.