Medical institutions of the Vitebsk region are almost fully staffed with doctors

In early August, healthcare facilities in the Vitebsk region were replenished with young staff. Nine young specialists immediately began working at Vitebsk Polyclinic No. 4 named after Lenin (branch No. 3 of the Vitebsk City Central Polyclinic). Now, this healthcare institution is fully staffed with doctors, including much-needed specialists.

The polyclinic has been augmented by five novice doctors – therapists, a surgeon, a neurologist, a physician assistant, and a nurse. According to the head of the institution, Leonid Maskin, the young recruits will significantly ease the polyclinic's operations, which has recently experienced a shortage of therapists.

- We are pleased with our young specialists, - noted Leonid Anatolyevich. – The young professionals are goal-oriented, possess a wealth of knowledge, and are eager to help people. They lack experience, but this will be addressed by more qualified mentor doctors assigned to each of the young medical professionals. My main advice to the youth is to learn to understand each patient, to be able to communicate with patients, and to empathize. The rest will come with practice. By the way, all young specialists in need of housing are provided with it or will be provided with it in the near future, and will receive their due payments.

One of the young doctors, Ilona Pravis, a general practitioner at Polyclinic No. 4, came to Vitebsk from the Gomel region, graduated from medical university, and got married. She completed her internship precisely at the polyclinic where she now works. She dreamed of becoming a doctor since childhood and has now achieved her goal.

- I have always wanted to help people, to do good deeds, - shared Ilona Konstantinovna. – In this regard, the work of a doctor is the most noble and necessary.

Of course, it's a little scary at first. A therapist, who is the primary point of medical care, bears immense responsibility for the patient. And people are different, and one must also be a psychologist to find an approach to each person and help them. But we have a very friendly team, we feel the support of colleagues, which means everything will work out.

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According to the information of the healthcare department of the regional executive committee, in August, 372 young specialists – doctors, 10 of whom are pharmacists, started working in the healthcare institutions of the region. Also, 293 intern doctors arrived for internships. This has made it possible to almost completely staff the region's medical institutions with doctors, including narrow specialists.

Alexander Kutynko. Photo by Anton Stepanishchev. "Vitebskiye Vestі".