Students and residents of the Ural State Medical University (USMU) who underwent practical training in medical institutions in November and December 2020 will receive federal contributions in the amount of 10 thousand rubles per month. The payment will be made no later than the last working day of December 2020 in full, said Marina Naam, Vice-Rector for Economics and Finance of USMU.

In November 2020, 22 residents and 258 students of USMU underwent practical training, in December 331 students and 19 residents undergo practical training – a total of 630 people in two months.

For the implementation of special social payments, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation allocated 6.3 million rubles for the Ural State Medical University. An agreement on the allocation of subsidies for these purposes was signed on December 25.

In November, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with members of the government, proposed encouraging medical students who practice in medical institutions during the fight against the spread of COVID-19. On December 10, a decree of the government of the Russian Federation on special payments to students for undergoing “practical training in the context of the spread of a new coronavirus infection” came into force. Payments in the amount of 10 thousand rubles a month were approved for university students, residents and graduate students, and 7 thousand rubles each – for students who receive secondary vocational education in full-time.