The Cabinet has increased the salaries of medical workers in combat areas: what are the amounts

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has raised the salaries of medical workers who work in active and potential combat zones, as well as approved benefits for the resettlement of internally displaced persons and funding for infrastructure. This was reported by Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliya Svyrydenko following a trip to Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

What is the salary size for medical workers in active combat areas

Medical workers providing assistance in combat zones will receive significantly higher salaries:

• doctors will earn 40,000 UAH;

• average medical staff – 27,000;

• junior medical staff – 18,000 UAH. 

What is the salary size for medical workers in potential combat zones

In potential combat zones, salaries will amount to:

• 28,000 UAH for doctors;

• 18,000 UAH for average staff;

• 9,000 UAH for juniors. 

Other government decisions for frontline regions

In addition to salary increases, the government has made a number of other decisions for frontline regions:

• Preferential rental conditions for the resettlement of IDPs: 1 UAH per m² for state and municipal enterprises, 3% of the cost – for public and charitable organizations.

• Infrastructure funding: 333 million UAH for fortifications in Sumy region, 96 million UAH for water supply in Dnipropetrovsk region, 128 million UAH for the restoration of critical infrastructure in the region and 58 million UAH for the repair of the Second Donetsk water pipeline.

• Subsidies for equipping shelters in military lyceums and institutions with enhanced military-physical training.

Earlier we reported that medical workers on the front line have had their salaries increased sixfold.