here and now №1619 06/08/2001 (2001)

The guest of the program is the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Yury Shevchenko.

The theme of the day is the discussion of 41 articles of the Constitution of the Russian Federation at the All-Russian Congress of Physicians.

Proposals Yu.L.Shevchenko on the addition of the article: the legalization of additional incomes of doctors through the organization of official paid medical care.

Discussion of health financing from the state budget.

State of health of the nation and demographic failures.

Prospects for increasing salaries for health workers and teachers.