The salary rates of healthcare workers in the Vitebsk region have been increased by 13% since February.

The tariff rates of healthcare system employees in the Vitebsk region have been increased by 13% since February. This was announced today at a board meeting by the head of the healthcare department of the regional executive committee, Yury Derkach, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. BELTA.

According to the head of the department, it became possible to increase the salaries of employees in the sector due to the optimization of the healthcare system in the region in various areas, as well as the development of extra-budgetary activities. Thus, according to operational data, Br266 billion was attracted through extra-budgetary activities in 2013, which amounted to 10.5% of the budget financing.

Yury Derkach noted that as of January 1, 2014, 5.6 thousand doctors were working in the Vitebsk region. In order to provide medical personnel, 255 graduates were assigned in 2013, which made it possible to ensure staffing of doctors up to 97.2% with a doctor position combination coefficient of 1.4. At the same time, over the last three years, the provision of doctors in the region has increased from 43.6 to 45.9 per 10 thousand population, and the staff turnover rate has decreased from 9.8 to 5.5.

The average salary in the sector for 2013 was Br3.8 million in the region, Br6.4 million for doctors, and about Br3.8 million for mid-level medical personnel.

Olga Bogacheva