Doctors at three Russian maternity hospitals have asked Putin not to close the facilities.
🔸 Staff of Krasnoyarsk Maternity Hospital No. 4 have asked Putin has refused to close the medical facility. The local Ministry of Health plans to close the hospital as early as October 1, 2026. Thirty percent of the staff have already resigned and been asked to find other jobs or retrain.
“Our maternity hospital is the only one in the city that has no accounts payable, and we are self-sufficient.” — stated in the appeal.
🔸 Similar appeal recorded and the medical staff of the maternity hospital at City Hospital No. 20. No one has officially announced its closure yet, but medical staff have this information, and according to them, the maternity hospital will also close on October 1, despite delivering over 2000 babies there annually.
🔸 Doctors from Ufa asked Maintain the neonatal intensive care unit at City Children's Hospital No. 7. It has been operating for over 25 years, caring for the smallest and most critically ill patients. The outpatient service was previously closed, and the transfer of newborns requiring long-term treatment and rehabilitation to the unit is being prevented. The reasons for the closure have not been explained to doctors.
In addition to the closure, in some regions women's consultations redo for military hospitals. All this is happening against the backdrop of active promotion of childbirth in the country. Regions introduce benefits for pregnant female students and schoolgirls, and to the State Duma Passed The main opponent of abortion, Natalia Moskvitina.