Maternity hospitals are closing in Russia amid calls to raise the birth rate until the end of 2026. A paradoxical situation has developed in Russia. At the federal level, increasing the birth rate has been declared one of the most important government tasks, while in the regions, meanwhile, maternity hospitals continue to close. "Maternity hospitals had to make money from birth. And then we are surprised that they close." The secretary of the Hippocratic Medical Forum, Ina Yambulatova, talks about why regional officials spare women in childbirth and who should be responsible for closing maternity hospitals: Patriarchal Committee for the Family in VK | | maximum.

Maternity hospitals are closing in Russia amid calls to raise the birth rate until the end of 2026. A paradoxical situation has developed in Russia. At the federal level, increasing the birth rate has been declared one of the most important government tasks, while in the regions, meanwhile, maternity hospitals continue to close. "Maternity hospitals had to make money from birth. And then we are surprised that they close." The secretary of the Hippocratic Medical Forum, Ina Yambulatova, talks about why regional officials spare women in childbirth and who should be responsible for closing maternity hospitals: Patriarchal Committee for the Family in VK | | maximum.