“To the minister of health of Ukraine, Viktor Liashko, Happy Doctors’ Day! I am asking you to prohibit the uncontrolled reduction of wages for medical workers! Let the money follow not only the patients but also medical workers.”
This was the message of many cards sent to Ukraine’s Ministry of Health by members of the nurses’ movement BeLikeNina ahead of the country’s annual Doctors’ Day on 27 July.
BeLikeNina is demanding the government address the problems facing Ukraine’s nurses and doctors, from primary care workers going unpaid for months due to a lack of funds in hospitals to new laws that facilitate layoffs, as well as low wages and nurses quitting due to work overload.
