“The information provided in a number of media that the number of doctors in the Novosibirsk Region in 2018 decreased by 58% is not true,” RIA Novosti was told in the Ministry of Health.
They emphasized that the number of doctors has increased. In total, last year in the region there were 11,090, of all specialties, and taking into account those working in federal institutions.
Earlier, RBC, citing data from the Russian Ministry of Health, reported a reduction in doctors in 54 regions. The material said that the most negative dynamics recorded in Buryatia and the Novosibirsk region.