“Zemsky doctor” brought Penza neurologist to Serdob hospital

Anna Ivankina grew up in a family of doctors: her father is a well-known neurosurgeon, her mother is a cardiologist. Talking about diagnoses and non-standard clinical cases was part of everyday life, and anatomical atlas successfully replaced the book of fairy tales. Perhaps that is why the path to the profession was predetermined.

After school, the native penzia went to Saratov. Having received a diploma, Anna Alekseevna mastered the specialty “Neurology” in residency at the Penza Institute for Advancement of Doctors.

Thanks to the federal project “Medical personnel” of the national project “Long and active life” and participation in the program “Zemsky Doctor”, the young specialist began independent work in the neurological hospital of the Serdob Central District Hospital named after A. I. Nastin. There, she saves people every day and minimizes the consequences of vascular disasters.

Serdob district is one of the two key sites of the pilot project to increase the birth rate. Anna Ivankina admits that she has heard about the shortage of neurologists, so she believes that she should be where she needs it most.

The arrival of a young specialist in a medical institution became possible due to an integrated approach: on the one hand, measures of social support from the state, on the other hand, a client-centric model of interaction introduced into the healthcare system. The federal project “State for People” allows reducing bureaucratic barriers and making state support really convenient. Now a one-time compensation payment under the Zemsky Doctor program is received by a specialist within 30 days from the date of conclusion of the contract, which allows the doctor to quickly settle in a new place and fully focus on patients.

The story of Anna Ivankina is a vivid example of how federal initiatives help to close the personnel shortage in regional medicine, returning qualified doctors from major cities to where their help is most awaited.