Since January, more than 7000 employees have left Kiev medical institutions. One of the main reasons is unwillingness to risk their health in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mayor of Kiev Vitaliy Klitschko said this at an online briefing today.

Almost half of those who quit are technical workers, said Klitschko. " Even with the city's ongoing efforts to improve the working conditions of health workers, "

According to him, the reasons for the dismissal of doctors are different, but one of the most significant is the COVID-19 pandemic / "

Another reason for the shortage of medical workers in Kiev, the mayor called the fact that graduates of medical universities who studied under the state and local order (doctors and nurses), after training, do not go to work in communal hospitals.

Over the past day, most cases of coronavirus were detected in Kiev (445), Kharkiv (665), Lviv (332) and Sumy (271) regions. LIGABiznesInform informs about it.