Mikhail Morshko noted the increase in the number of doctors in Russia compared to 2025, there are another 3.5 thousand such specialists. The head of the Ministry of Health presented the data at a meeting of the "Council of Rectors of Medical and Pharmaceutical Universities" association. The Minister of Health also reported on the constant interest of young people in medical specializations: over five years, the number of applications for budget-funded places in universities at the Ministry of Health has more than doubled and this year exceeded 500 thousand.

Mikhail Morshko noted the increase in the number of doctors in Russia compared to 2025, there are another 3.5 thousand such specialists. The head of the Ministry of Health presented the data at a meeting of the "Council of Rectors of Medical and Pharmaceutical Universities" association. The Minister of Health also reported on the constant interest of young people in medical specializations: over five years, the number of applications for budget-funded places in universities at the Ministry of Health has more than doubled and this year exceeded 500 thousand.