The President spoke about the initiative to change the requirements for medical workers of private clinics

The bill to change the requirements for working in the private health sector is questionable by many. This was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting on licensing of certain types of activities on September 10, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

According to BelTA, the draft law “On Amendments to Licensing Laws” prepared by the Ministry of Economy proposes, in particular, to change the requirements for working in the private health sector. For example, to increase the length of service from 3 to 7 years in a state institution, make it mandatory to have at least the first category, including for medium-sized medical workers.

- Many doubt the expediency of the proposed changes in the requirements for working in the private health sector, Alexander Lukashenko said. Do government agencies become a springboard for private business? Or not?

The Belarusian leader clarified whether there are analytical data on how many medical workers go to commercial structures and for what reasons.

- Is there a widespread migration of health workers to private workers? How will the proposed measures strengthen the personnel reserves of state health care institutions? the Head of State asked. - On the other side. If everything is left as it is, how much will private medicine be involved in solving the social problems of the state? How does public-private partnership work in this area?

- We need to look at public and private health. We always say, "Here, let's have a level playing field and stuff." Are they equal? Probably, here too, something rests on pricing, on price, Alexander Lukashenko added.

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