On May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that in 4 days he would personally check how payments are being made to all doctors and other medical personnel who risk their lives every day in the fight against coronavirus.
Even Putin’s promise to take the issue of additional payments to medical workers under his personal control did not convince the officials to do their job efficiently and on time. Doctors throughout Russia did not see the full extent of the presidential bonuses – officials began to recount them and pay them based on the number of hours spent by medical staff with patients.
The President was extremely indignant at this situation and did not even try to hide his irritation.
“Listen to me, listen carefully! We agreed that this money should be issued for work with coronavirus patients, and not for hours, minutes, and so on. Specific dates and specific figures for these payments were named, “Putin said during a meeting on the opening of medical centers of the Ministry of Defense in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to provide assistance to patients with coronavirus.
“I have named specific figures for doctors and all medical personnel. Figures for work. Not for the time – five, ten minutes or two hours – but for the fact of work. No, they’ve thrown a bureaucratic gimmick around this. They began to count something, some hours. Did I instruct the clock to count? ” – Putin did not hide his irritation.
The President added that at the beginning of next week he will hold a meeting where the results of the implementation of his instructions in all constituent entities of Russia will be summed up.
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