Health Minister: Duties of social workers are temporarily being performed by employees of Ministry and freelancers

According to the Minister of Health Davit Sergeenko, the Ministry is currently working in a state of emergency.

As he explained, the duties of social workers are temporarily being performed by employees of the Ministry and freelancers.

"Today we hired additional 15 freelancers. 20 more will be hired tomorrow, after we get a permit at the government session.

As for the employment of 50 new employees, this was part of our agreement before the strike and of course, it is still in force," the Minister said.