The Ministry of Health of the Omsk region responded to complaints about the elimination of the control room and lack of staff.
The employees of the Maryanovskaya Central District Hospital in the Omsk region published an open appeal according to which on September 24 the hospital's management eliminated the operational department of emergency medical care. All local operators were cut - 4.75 times the rate (3.5 times the rate for nurses and 1.25 times the paramedic rate for answering calls). According to medical workers, they should be fired on December 11, 2026.
The authors of the appeal claim that 7 out of 8 paramedics work in the entire district, the teams are not fully staffed, and one team without a doctor regularly goes on daily duty. Of the specialized ambulances, only one is operational, and it is constantly being repaired. The rest, old and poorly equipped UAZs, serve an area with a radius of up to 100 km.
Employees said this is not the first conflict with management. So in April of this year they were denied 35% incentive payments, allegedly because of "failure to fulfill the call plan". After a meeting with the head of the regional health ministry, the administration canceled this decision. In July, the health workers complained to the supervisory authorities: they were not paid for overtime, and the job descriptions were changed without approval.
The regional Ministry of Health stated in response that a unified dispatch service was launched in the region, the transition to which was carried out over several months:
"Today, all calls to the ambulance in the area are received at one dispatch center, thanks to which the movement of all ambulances is seen from one center, there is strict control and the ability to direct free teams from the nearby area."
The department also noted that in the Marianovsky district two ambulances with a paramedic, a driver and an orderly are on the line. If the team is not complete, then the paramedic receives an additional payment - 100% of the salary.
"There is no need to replenish the divisions with additional workers; there were no wage violations and incentive payments for EMS workers.