In Yakutia, deputies with medical education were asked to help in the fight against COVID

In Yakutia, to fight the CORONAVIRUS, the authorities announced the voluntary mobilization of doctors with higher and secondary medical education. Also, deputies of the State Assembly of Yakutia (Il Tumen), who have a medical education, were asked to help in the work of primary HEALTH care. This was announced during a briefing by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic Olga Balabkina, the message of the press service of the government was published on the official information portal of Yakutia.

it says that over the past few days, the load on the region's primary health care has increased "colossally" and now it "exceeds the standards by dozens of times." “For prompt assistance to the sick, voluntary mobilization is announced for those who have a higher and secondary medical education and are not currently working in their specialty,” the message says.

In addition, Balabkina said that highly qualified specialists, including doctors of science and professors, are involved in medical consultations for residents of Yakutia by telephone. “People’s deputies of Yakutia with a medical education are called to provide primary care,” the release says.

The State Assembly of Yakutia includes 70 people's deputies. From the current list of deputies of the current VI convocation, specialties related to medicine are indicated for four people. For one, it is “pediatrics” (higher education), for three it is “medical business” (all have a higher education, one of them is a DOCTOR of medical sciences).