MOSCOW, Jan 26 The Government of the Russian Federation will allocate more than 17.3 billion rubles in additional wages «Over 17.3 billion rubles will be additionally allocated in 2022 to the salaries of doctors and paramedical personnel. The money will be distributed among the budgets of the territorial compulsory medical insurance funds (CHI). The order was signed by the Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin,” the message says. It is emphasized that the decision was made based on the forecast for the annual increase in the number of medical workers. “We expect that this year many new employees will come to work in our medical institutions — in-demand specialists,” Mishustin said at the Cabinet meeting on January 21st. According to him, these are about 11 thousand doctors and over 13.5 thousand paramedical workers. «The pandemic has once again proved that the work of doctors and nurses is one of the most significant. And we are grateful for everything they do to maintain health and save our citizens,” the head of the Cabinet stressed and asked the regional authorities to strictly ensure that there are no delays in the payment of salaries to medical workers. :05Spread of coronavirusThe government will allocate more than 20 billion rubles for medicines from COVID-19
