Activists of the three professional associations of health care workers announced the beginning of a nationwide campaign in defense of public health in the interests of physicians and their patients. On Saturday the building of the Ministry of health in Moscow held a picket in social networks takes place a flash mob in support of the rally AGAINST the lies and corruption, FOR decent medicine!, which will be held in Moscow on October 14. Planned action in Saint-Petersburg and other cities of the country.
In picketing the Ministry of health was attended by activists of the Alliance of doctors, interregional Union of health workers Action and the League for the protection of doctors, as well as representatives of initiative groups of patients a total of 56 people. They held posters on the problems of the Russian healthcare system does not stop the layoffs of medical staff, lack of funding, low access to health care.
According to the Chairman of the Alliance of doctors Anastasia Vasilyeva, destructive optimization of health care continues across the country: in public hospitals lack medicines, reduced survey, rampant commercialization and corruption, and the salaries of the rank and file of physicians are growing only on paper. In recent months in Moscow have been layoffs of experienced doctors and scientists in RUSSIAN scientific research Institute of eye diseases, in GBU Center for speech pathology and neurorehabilitation, fgbu the Institute of surgery. A. V. Vishnevsky.
According to the President of the League for the protection of doctors Seeds Halperin, the results of the criminal privatization of the Moscow health care do not differ from the results of the privatization of industry has plundered, destroyed and abandoned. The authorities do everything in order to redirect the indignation of poor quality of health care for ordinary physicians. In particular, a draft law on the introduction in the criminal code special medical articles that will open the way to further criminalization of the medical profession.
In support of the rally on 14 October and the campaign against optimization medicine activists performed in a flash mob,posting on a social network posters with the hashtag #выходи14октября and also with the problem that the participants believe the main trouble of Russian medicine. For example: Provide patients with drugs and surveys!, NO Commerce in public hospitals!, Low salaries overload of doctors impact on patients!
In General, the initiators of the all-Russian campaign in defense of public health in the interests of health care identified these themes:
1. The failure to implement the may decrees, the low wages of health workers in the regions, discriminatory wages in many Federal medical and research institutions.
2. Negative aspects of the reform and optimization of the Moscow hospitals, striking patients (remoteness from places of residence, inconvenient logistics, lack of timeliness of many researches and consultations of experts, etc.).
3. Corruption takes away money from healthcare.
4. Downsizing, massive layoffs in order to save and commercialization.
5. Unfounded criminal prosecution of health care providers.
6. The financial terror of medical facilities from the insurance companies.
7. Labor overload, the lack of effective regulation of labor in the interests of patients and health professionals.
8. Systemic problems emergency room (part of outreach, the elimination of specialized police units, reducing the overall number of brigades, worn-out fleet, etc.).
9. The elimination of the internship and the restriction of the ability of graduates to obtain specialized (high value residency).
10. The low level of public financing of the health sector.
Irina Reznik