Only 6 of 200 interns chose the Mykolaiv region — Kim on the acute shortage of doctors

The head of the regional military administration Vitaliy Kim told a state agency in an interview that there is an acute shortage of doctors in Mykolaiv region, and even young specialists cannot be attracted to work in the area.

The official clarified that last year the region applied for 200 interns, but only 6 actually arrived; of them only 1 specialist took advantage of the 200 thousand hryvnia payment provided for working in rural areas.

To retain medical workers, local communities, according to the head of the regional military administration, provide specialists with housing and create basic living conditions.

“— Communities also allocate housing for specialists. Such examples already exist in Bashtanka, Snihurivka. Thanks to this, it was possible to retain IDPs from Kherson region. In addition, in Domanivka modular houses were built thanks to international aid, which were also provided to IDPs: among them a doctor and a police officer, — Vitaliy Kim said.”

One of the measures to retain staff has been raising pay: additional funding is being attracted for some institutions, including for the multidisciplinary hospital in Ochakiv.

“— By joint efforts we have achieved pay increases for medical staff. For example, the Ochakiv multidisciplinary hospital, where shelling occurs almost daily, received an additional aid package from the state that allows it to incentivize its employees, — he said.”

Earlier we wrote:

• Kim named the healthcare priorities for Mykolaiv region for 2026
• A staffing shortage is strangling Mykolaiv region: pensioners are saving healthcare, young people don’t stay
• In Mykolaiv a third of doctors are pensioners: the staffing deficit is worsened by the war
• The medical crisis in Mykolaiv is gaining momentum: young people don’t stay, older people have left
• The Ministry of Health launched a portal of doctor vacancies: Mykolaiv lacks more than a hundred medical workers