Congratulations of Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, on the Day of the Ambulance Worker

Dear colleagues, dear friends!
With all my heart I congratulate on the professional holiday of all ambulance workers, those who are the first to come to the rescue, who show real courage and the best human qualities in the fight for the life and health of citizens.

This holiday became official in 2020 at the suggestion of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, when against the background of the pandemic ambulance workers became an example of selfless loyalty to professional duty and mercy, showed heroism and courage, showed that “ambulance” is not just a service, but a big family united by a common goal.

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, we once again remember those who selflessly worked, saved patients, without sparing their health and strength during the Great Patriotic War years

In 2024, more than 38 million visits to patients were made by ambulance crews in the Russian Federation. Within the framework of the national project “Health Care”, more than 14 thousand air ambulance sorties were performed in 2024, which made it possible to evacuate almost 19 thousand critically ill patients in 70 constituent entities of the Russian Federation to provide them with emergency medical care, including almost 3.5 thousand children. This is the best indicator for all the years of the federal project.

Today, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all employees of the service - doctors, paramedics, nurses and orderlies, drivers, dispatchers - for your noble and conscientious work, for the great responsibility and dedication in the fight for life and health of people.