After three days of strike and riots of doctors and patients, supported by local trade-union “Doctor’s Alliance”, police had stormed the building of the tuberculosis hospital in the village Chernavsky near Kurgan, Russia. Two activists – Anastasia Vassilieva and Anastasia Tarabrina were arrested, patients were displaced into another hospital. Against the backdrop of an economic recession, throughout #Russia there is a massive reduction and dismissal of doctors, the closure of hospitals, which causes dissatisfaction of staff and patients.
Police crackdown on doctors and patients riot against closure of tuberculosis hospital, Southern Ural, Russia
