Average Doctor Salaries at Arzamas Central City Hospital Exceed 106,000 Rubles

Arzamas hospital transforms care with pay hikes, tech upgrades and record surgeries

Over the past four years, average wages for doctors and nurses at Arzamas Central City Hospital have risen by 40%. Meanwhile, salaries for junior medical staff have increased by 63%.

The hospital has also expanded its workforce—last year alone, 28 doctors and 66 nurses were hired. Additionally, the number of surgeries performed grew by 36%, with over 10,000 procedures carried out, including 755 high-tech stenting operations and 49 thromboextractions.

The hospital has acquired new medical equipment, such as a digital mammography unit, electrosurgical knives, intravascular ultrasound systems, and rotational endarterectomy devices. This year, priorities include staffing polyclinics with ENT specialists and urologists, as well as completing a major renovation of Treatment Building No. 3, according to Chief Physician Oleg Kurakhtanov.

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