A Krasnoyarsk maternity hospital will stop accepting women in labor, as employees fear losing their jobs.
The meeting with journalists was arranged by the employees Krasnoyarsk Maternity Hospital No. 4: They said that starting in December, patients would be transferred to the perinatal center. The maternity hospital will be merged with this facility, but they promised to retain the staff. However, the employees are unsure what will happen to them next.
What awaits the staff of the Krasnoyarsk maternity hospital?
The maternity hospital's management has begun transferring doctors to other facilities, and the remaining staff will only receive their salaries with a regional coefficient—excluding night and on-call hours and incentive payments. A surgical nurse's salary, without bonuses, is 17,000 rubles, according to an employee. Svetlana KonyaevaWomen believe that they are being forced to resign.
Meanwhile, other maternity hospitals are "suffocating" from the number of patients and the volume of work, employees said.
The staff is seeking a meeting with the regional health minister and demanding that they be laid off in accordance with the law, with compensation, and offered vacancies.
Why are Krasnoyarsk maternity hospitals being merged with the center?
All Krasnoyarsk maternity hospitals have decided join to the perinatal center. The official reason is the decline in the birth rate.
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