Maternity hospital workers in Krasnoyarsk are being forced to resign voluntarily.
The staff of Maternity Hospital No. 4, which is planned to be merged with the regional perinatal center, complained to the prosecutor's office that they are being forced to write resignation letters.
Maternity Hospital No. 4 will be merged with the perinatal center.
According to a regional government decree, the optimization of institutions must take place "while maintaining staffing levels." However, according to maternity hospital employees, management is forcing them to sign voluntary resignations.
Those who refuse are threatened with work stoppage and salary cuts, since the institution has been in operation since December. will stop accepting Maternity leave. Employees who oppose the closure are threatened with "blacklisting" and told they are "no longer eligible for government funding."
Workers demand payments and protection of rights
Maternity hospital employees view this as a form of pressure and intend to seek protection of their rights. Specifically, they demand that in the event of official dismissal by the employer, they be paid twice their average monthly salary (no such payments are provided for voluntary dismissals).
The authorities plan to merge all maternity hospitals in the city with the perinatal center, citing a "fall in the birth rate." However, according to medical professionals, the facilities are "suffocating" under the large number of patients and the workload.