Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ordered an increase in salaries for primary care doctors by up to 40 percent depending on their length of service. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
In today's address, the president emphasized the need to expand the powers of general practitioners and to gradually increase funding for this system.
"I instruct the government, starting from January 1 of next year, to raise the salaries of primary care specialists working in this area by up to 40 percent depending on continuous service. This will increase the incomes of more than 77,000 specialists," Tokayev said.
In addition, today the president instructed to increase the country's minimum wage from 85,000 to 110,000 tenge.