In Nizhnekamsk, a brainstorming session was held to attract staff to hospitals
In the Health Department, the heads, young and experienced doctors of medical institutions, deputies of the city and district, representatives of public organizations, and students of the nursing college organized a brainstorming session. The most relevant issue, attracting personnel for Nizhnekamsk medicine, was discussed during the meeting. It is the key one in the framework of the Healthcare National project. The session participants were Deputy head Alexander Umnikov, Deputy head of the executive Committee Ilnar Badretdinov, and Deputy Mayor Marina Kamelina was the meeting's moderator.
The head of the Health Department, Sergey Meryasev, recalled that this issue is particularly acute today because in two years from now the Emergency Medicine Center will start working in Nizhnekamsk, where specialists of different profiles will be in demand.
M. Kamelina noted that the strategy for developing healthcare, which was adopted in 2017, should adapt to the current issues and problems. "Last year showed how strong the Nizhnekamsk healthcare system is with human resources – we coped with the pandemic with half the supply of doctors, and our doctors saved hundreds of lives. However, people are sick, not just with coronavirus, and the NCRMH, which took the major blunt on providing medical care to patients with other diseases. Today, we need to understand what we can do for our system, what is already good for us, and what we need to change."
The Deputy Mayor announced a survey results conducted by the Center for Public Health and Medical Prevention among doctors of the NCRMH, Children's City Hospital with Perinatal Center, and KPRH. The doctors answered questions about the team's relations, the need for mentoring, the material and technical base of the institution, and possible reasons for the dismissal of medical workers. So, 72% of respondents said that doctors are often not satisfied with the high workload.
The floor was given to the head of the physiotherapy department of the NCRMH Nina Pakhmurina, who came to Nizhnekamsk from Saratov on assignment 39 years ago. Nina Nikolaevna worked as a district pediatrician for 5 years, and when there was a surge in the birth rate in Nizhnekamsk, she moved to the maternity hospital. After six years, the birth rate decreased, and then the doctor was faced with a choice – to work either as an ophthalmologist or a physiotherapist. And since 1993, Nina Nikolaevna has helped Nizhnekamsk residents recover from their illness: "Now rehabilitation is coming to the fore. I love my job, and as long as my head is working, my legs are moving, I will work. Now there are all conditions for young professionals: they provide apartments, give out grants – just work, please. It's a shame when you hear that we don't have any career opportunities. In this case, the initiative should still come from the person. I often approach the chief doctor with questions and suggestions and almost always get support. Of course, if it does not go against our common goals."
A young pediatrician of the Children's City Hospital with the PC Patimat Abdulkhalimova came to Nizhnekamsk from sunny Dagestan five years ago with her husband and a small child. "Here we were immediately provided with rental housing, were helped to assign a child in kindergarten, and after 8-9 months, I unexpectedly received a grant. Some of my fellow students went to major cities, but I can't say that they have an advantage in anything. The salary is higher there. However, they have to rent expensive housing, and rental housing is not provided to anyone there. Now my brother is also graduating from medical school, and I think he will move here.
"Ramil Khamidullin, the head doctor of the CCH, noted that in order attract a doctor from another territory, the We need to reducing specialists. "It is important for us to reduce the burden on already working doctors, but at the same time keep their salaries," the chief physician said. The chief physician of the NCRMH, Mars Mustafin, added: "Our doctors say the practicing not want to deal with reports, but with practical medicine and treat their patients and ask them to relieve them of unnecessary paperwork."
Among the proposals voiced by the brainstorming session participants are the improvement of the material and technical base, financial support for young doctors, cooperation with private clinics, the introduction of career guidance classes for schoolchildren, and the passage of residency in the workplace. All these ideas have already been taken into account and will soon be taken into account when adjusting the personnel strategy development.